"The journey to true happiness and to happiness now is not a journey of physical distance or time; it is one of personal "self-recovery," where we remember and reconnect consciously to an inner potential for joy--a paradise lost--waiting to be found."

-- Robert Holden

#Distance Quotes #Recovery Quotes #Journey Quotes

“People only change when it becomes too dangerous to stay the way they are.”
“It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.”
“Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.”

Source : "Jonathan Demme On Future Projects ‘Old Fires,’ ‘Zeitoun’ And ‘This House We Live In’" by Jessica Kiang, www.indiewire.com. December 29, 2012.
“When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as internecine power struggles take over, one-time idealists fall prey to corruption. They become just as corrupt and manipulative as the system that they want to overthrow.”
“I didn't give myself enough breaks during the training year to recover. I didn't understand the power of periodization.”

Source : Interview with Amby Burfoot, www.runnersworld.com. April 8, 2012.
“Perhaps the individual is so viable a god because he can actually understand the ceremonial significance of the way he is treated, and quite on his own can respond dramatically to what is proffered him. In contacts between such deities there is no need for middlemen; each of these gods is able to serve as his own priest.”

Source : Erving Goffman (2005). “Interaction Ritual: Essays in Face to Face Behavior”, p.95, AldineTransaction
“I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have.”

Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. December 15, 2000.
“Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision.”

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