"Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!"

-- Roald Dahl

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“Sometimes that's a lot to ask, so I'm not going to pressure them into being at a certain stage. As a coach and a teacher I learned a long time ago you've got to bring them along, and then when they're ready they'll show what they can do. You push, you prod, you pat and you do the other things that everybody does in teaching, and it's amazing how our guys over the years have kind of stepped forward and picked up and filled that void.”
“They will not let you have peace, they don't want you to have anything they don't have themselves.”
“I can't pass a puppy, a kid or a baby without stopping. It's really annoying to every boyfriend I've ever head. My mother will roll her eyes and go, "God, really?!" But, I find children funny and great, and I love them.”

Source : "Minnie Driver Talks ABOUT A BOY, Working with Creator Jason Katims, Developing Her Own Take on the Character, Transcending the “Sitcom” Genre, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 25, 2014.
“As I've said, freedom is really an illusion. Anytime we think we have a real choice, it just means we haven't seen the shotgun aimed at our navel.”
“This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty.”

Source : "Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the World’s Poorest Citizens, Makes His Case". NBR Interview with Linda O’Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. March 9, 2005.
“Life is full of risks anyway; why not take them?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.”
“Like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its tone is mellower, its colors are richer, and it is tinged with a little sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and its content.”

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