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Kumar Sangakkara

"Fans of different races, castes, ethnicities and religions who together celebrate their diversity by uniting for a common national cause. They are my foundation, they are my family. I will play my cricket for them. Their spirit is the true spirit of cricket. With me are all my people. I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan"

Source : "The Spin's cricket moments of 2011" by Andy Bull, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2011.

Kumar Sangakkara

#Buddhist Quotes #Race Quotes #Ethnicity Quotes

“There's a little burst of creativity being director followed by lots and lots of meetings and talking to people and more meetings. It's scary. And I can't believe anybody actually lets me do it. But it's going well so far.”
“Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?”
“It is certainly of great importance for a general to keep his plans secret; and Frederick the Great was right when he said that if his night-cap knew what was in his head he would throw it into the fire. That kind of secrecy was practicable in Frederick's time when his whole army was kept closely about him; but when maneuvers of the vastness of Napoleon's are executed, and war is waged as in our day, what concert of action can be expected from generals who are utterly ignorant of what is going on around them?”
“It's not what you have at the end of life, it's what you leave behind that matters.”

Source : Stedman Graham (2002). “Build Your Own Life Brand!: A Powerful Strategy to Maximize Your Potential and Enhance Your Value for Ultimate Achievement”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
“Jimmy Dickens was the essenceÂ of country music and the heart of the Grand Ole Opry.”
“I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much â€“ in just standing and staring.”
“Laws do not curb the lawless. After all, that's why we call them 'lawless.'”
“Just, harmonious, temperate as is the spirit of liberty, there is in the name and mere notion of it a vagueness so opposite to the definite clearness of the moral law....”

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