"I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South."

-- Nat King Cole

#Hurt Quotes #Pigs Quotes #Guinea Quotes

“Every ounce of information we can extract from a killer about his mind and methods gives us more ammunition to track the next one.”
“It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There always comes, I think, a sort of peak in suffering at which either you win over your pain or your pain wins over you, according as to whether you can, or cannot, call up that extra ounce of endurance that helps you to break through the circle of yourself and do the hitherto impossible. That extra ounce carries you through 'le dernier quart d' heure.' Psychologist have a name for it, I believe. Christians call it the Grace of God.”

Source : Elizabeth Goudge (1942). “The Castle on the Hill”
“Regardless of anyone's dietary motivations, the healthiest lifestyle is the one that's most compassionate.”
“The madness of depression is, generally speaking, the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained.”
“Perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring." I smile. "You don't think I'm perfect?" "No. You're delightfully screwy, and I wouldn't have you any other way.”

Source : Stephanie Perkins (2014). “Lola and the Boy Next Door”, p.14, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“America is a sovereign nation. And as President Trump has said all along, made a centerpiece of his campaign from day one, we have to stop the flow of people and drugs over our borders.”
“All novelists must form their personal pacts in some way with the slowness of their craft. There are some who demand of themselves a 'rate of production,' for whom it's a matter of pride to complete, say, a book every year.”

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