"It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined."

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Source : "How Do You Find A Story In A Painting?". TED TALK, www.npr.org. June 7, 2013.

Tracy Chevalier

#Important Quotes #Littles Quotes #Dramatic Quotes

“It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations.”
“The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect.”

Source : Kresley Cole (2012). “Lothaire”, p.88, Simon and Schuster
“There is no failure except the failure of trying.”
“My notion of a failed writing workshop is when everybody comes out replicating the teacher and imitating as closely as possible the great original at the head of the table. I think that's a mistake, in obvious opposition to the ideal of teaching which permits a student to be someone other than the teacher. ... The successful teacher has to make each of the students a different product rather than the same.”
“From the first time I did a movie, people have said, 'Oh, it's all going to change now.' And it would change, but very incrementally. I think I prefer that to some big explosion of fame all of the sudden.”
“Most of us have experienced wow moments. We just haven't taken time to think deeply about them.”
“Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe sanctions than adults. More importantly, it reflects the firm belief that young persons are more susceptible to change, and thus have a greater potential for rehabilitation than adults.”
“Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life. To wish undone something you have done, to wish you could look back on kindness to someone you love, instead of on unkindness - that is a very terrible thing.”

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