"Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within, once you find your center, you are sure to win."

-- David Zippel

#Meaningful Quotes #Winning Quotes #Fire Quotes

“I suspect that the changes that have taken place during the last century in the average man's fundamental beliefs, in his philosophy, in his concept of religion. in his whole world outlook, are greater than the changes that occurred during the preceding four thousand years all put together. ... because of science and its applications to human life, for these have bloomed in my time as no one in history had had ever dreamed could be possible.”
“But don't forget, in the meantime, that this is the season for strawberries. Yes.”
“Be yourself, be in the moment, youâ€™re going to be modern”

Source : "Paola Antonelli ‘Colbert Report’ Cameo: MoMA Senior Curator Schools Stephen Colbert On Design". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2013.
“I understand everything,â€ he said. â€œYou understand nothing, but it really doesnâ€™t matter, since what you mean is, youâ€™re glad to see me, just as Iâ€™m glad to see you because no more loneliness.â€ â€œThatâ€™s what I mean,â€ said Fezzik.”
“Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why are there so many frauds and so much nonsense? I cannot soon give a solution to these questions ... It was clear that in the United States there was a development not of the best, but of the middle and worst sides of European civilization; the notorious general voting, the tendency to politics... all the same as in Europe. A new dawn is not to be seen on this side of the ocean.”
“In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.”

Source : Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.224, Basic Books
“No author, I think, is deserving of much censure for vanity if, taking down one of his ten-year-old books, he exclaims: "Great heavens, did I write as well as that then?" for the implication always is that one does not write any longer so well and few are so envious as to censure the complacencies of an extinct volcano.”
“I was a Hollywood musical fan as a kid, and I know how rare it is for someone who originates the Broadway role to get to then do it on screen.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

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