"He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what's right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong."

-- Waylon Jennings

#Religious Quotes #Strong Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father.”
“Expression, sentiment, truth to nature, are essential: but all those are not enough. I never care to look at a picture again, if it be ill composed; and if well composed I can hardly leave off looking at it.”
“You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.”
“Every so often I take out a volume and read a page or two. After all, reading is looking after in a manner of speaking. Though they're not old enough to be valuable for their age alone, nor important enough to be sought after by collectors, my charges are dear to me, even if, as often as not, they are as dull on the inside as on the outside. No matter how banal the contents, there is always something that touches me. For someone now dead once thought these words significant enough to write them down.”

Source : Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
“Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, individually and collectively, in the spirit of the pioneer. We must take the risks involved in our free enterprise system. This is the only way in the world to economic freedom. There is no other way.”

Source : Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.161, St. Martin's Griffin
“It's unfortunate that in an interview sometimes things can seem so black and white.”
“I thought, we can’t keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way.”

Source : "Risk Taking Is in His Genes" by Martin Fackler, www.nytimes.com. December 11, 2007.
“Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.”

Source : "Actress Farmiga at Sundance with directing debut". Interview with Jay A. Fernandez, uk.reuters.com. January 24, 2011.

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