"Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life."

-- Naguib Mahfouz

#People Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Exhausted Quotes

“I think people are sort of waking up to it now, how probably the biggest change in Internet media isn't the immediacy of it, or the low costs, but the measurability. Which is actually terrifying if you're a traditional journalist, and used to pushing what people ought to like, or what you think they ought to like.”

Source : "Search And Destroy" by Ben McGrath, www.newyorker.com. October 18, 2010.
“What we're doing is making sure that we have a safe and secure border region from San Diego all the way to Brownsville. And that means manpower, it means technology, it means infrastructure, it means interior enforcement. All, you know, kind of layered in appropriate ways, and making sure, like I said before, the border is safe and secure.”
“The trick is that you can't find the hidden treasure until you start digging. Often enough, if you take the leap and do something, something will happen. Probably not what you thought, but something.”

Source : Debbi Fields, Alan Furst (1987). “"One smart cookie": how a housewife's chocolate chip recipe turned into a multimillion-dollar business--the story of Mrs. Fields cookies”, Simon & Schuster
“Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much.”
“Reading and writing don't inevitably go together. You can read without learning a thing about writing, grammar, or spelling, although, you certainly can't learn anything about writing, grammar, or spelling unless you read.”

Source : Frank Smith (2007). “Reading: FAQ”
“And who are you, the proud Lord said that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know. In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws. And, mine are as long and sharp, my Lord as long and sharp as yours. And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that Lord of Castamere, but now the rains weep o'er his hall, with no one there to hear. Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall, and not a soul to hear.”
“Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.”
“My uncle, who's an art teacher, took me under his wing and gave me a really strong foundation in art. I spent summers with him, and he taught me how to draw, how to see, how to mix colors, how to use different mediums and perspective, and so forth.”

Source : "In-depth Written Interview". TeachingBooks Interview, www.teachingbooks.net. September 7, 2010.

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