"Yet for every peak there is a valley."

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Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

Garth Stein

#Valleys Quotes

“To me the key thing is getting it right. And if a person's really smart and they're doing fantastic work, I don't care if they're a high school kid or a Harvard professor; it's the work that matters.”

Source : "Q&A" with Jimmy Wales, www.c-span.org. September 12, 2005.
“We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.”
“It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done.”
“Insurrection: Insurrection as soon as circumstances allow: insurrection, strenuous, ubiquitous: the insurrection of the masses: the holy war of the oppressed: the republic to make republicans: the people in action to initiate progress. Let the insurrection announce with its awful voice the decrees of God: let it clear and level the ground on which its own immortal structure shall be raised. Let it, like the Nile, flood all the country that it is destined to make fertile.”
“My own idea of a $5,500 .45 auto is a used Volkswagon with a Glock 30 in the glove box...”
“A proud bigot, who is vain enough to think that he can deceive even God by affected zeal, and throwing the veil of holiness over vices, damns all mankind by the word of his power.”
“True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.”
“Beautiful thoughts flit across the brain, like butterflies in the sun's rays, and are as difficult to capture.”

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