"Well, it's a good life and a good world, all said and done, if you don't weaken."

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Source : "Working class heroes" by Shirley Dent, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2008.

Alan Sillitoe

#Good Life Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Done Quotes

“I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.”
“The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.”
“The challenge now is to renovate the baroque structure that the Kyoto Plan has becomeâ€”or else scrap it and get ready to start all over.”
“You know, all of us have fallen short of our dreams in life on occasion, but it is part of the Judeo-Christian spirit to give people the opportunity to show what they can do. The most important thing, I believe, for a person when they make mistakes is what they do after they've made mistakes.”
“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might.”
“Salvation is the root-the resurrection is the fruit.”
“I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself.”
“People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.”

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