"I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much â€“ in just standing and staring."

-- James Herriot

#Too Much Quotes #Staring Quotes #Standing Quotes

“In good relationships, we are happy to grow as the other person becomes part of us and who we are.”
“My mother was the biggest influence on me, without question.”
“Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can be versatile if I want to.”

Source : "A blonde has more fun" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2001.
“I learned to read at the age of five, in Brother Justinianoâ€™s class at the De la Salle Academy in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is the most important thing that has ever happened to me. Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating the words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of time and space...”

Source : Mario Vargas Llosa (2011). “In Praise of Reading and Fiction: The Nobel Lecture”, p.3, Macmillan
“Ride the horse in the direction that it's going.”
“To declare war on ninety-nine percent of bacteria when less than percent of them threaten our health makes no sense. Many of the bacteria we're killing are our protectors.”
“The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.”
“God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'”

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