"Somewhere along the way, without me even noticing, I grew up Alex. For once, I couldnâ€™t take advice from anyone around me about what I should or shouldnâ€™t do. I couldnâ€™t go running to mum and dad and I canâ€™t compare my marriage to anybody elseâ€™s, we all follow our own rules."

-- Cecelia Ahern

#Running Quotes #Dad Quotes #Advice Quotes

“If your opponent has an exposed king it is frequently worth sacrificing a pawn to be able to bring your rooks into the game, especially if your opponent's rooks are languishing in the corner. Kasparov has made a career out of such sacrifices.”
“God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.”
“If we watch ourselves honestly we shall often find that we have begun to argue against a new idea even before it has been completely stated.”
“Oh all the times I've listened, and all the times I've heard All the melodies I'm missing, and all the magic words, And all those potent voices, and the choices we had then, How I'd love to find we had that kind of choice again.”
“It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.”
“A tree you pass by every day is just a tree. If you are to closely examine what a tree has and the life a tree has, even the smallest thing can withstand a curiosity, and you can examine whole worlds.”
“Church attendance may be dipping, but God can survive the Internet age. After all, He knows a thing or two about resurrection.”
“I hated the place (Hollywood), not the work, but the lack of privacy, those terrible prying fan magazine writers and all the surrounding exploitation.”

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