"Difficulty" is the name of an ancient tool that was created purely to help us define who we are."

-- Paulo Coelho

#Names Quotes #Tools Quotes #Who We Are Quotes

“The law seems like a sort of maze through which a client must be led to safety, a collection of reefs, rocks, and underwater hazards through which he or she must be piloted.”

Source : 'Clinging to the Wreckage' (1982) ch. 7
“A nation will not be moved by timid methods.”
“So soon as this want or power [of love] is dead, man becomes the living sepulchre of himself, and what yet survives is the mere husk of what once he was.”
“Truth has no finality to it. It is not something to be held on to. Truth is discovered minute to minute or not at all.”
“Writers cannot let themselves be servants of the official mythology. They have to, whatever the cost, say what truth they have to say.”
“My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.”
“It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When I go in for heart surgery, I want a full-time surgeon. I don't want some guy who just does it part-time between rounds of golf. You want a guy who is doing it all the time and is always reading and learning about the most recent techniques.”

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