"In whatever sense this year is a new year for you, may the moment find you eager and unafraid, ready to take it by the hand with joy and gratitude."

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Source : Howard Thurman (2014). “Meditations of the Heart”, p.139, Beacon Press

Howard Thurman

#New Year Quotes #Gratitude Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Out in the Pool certain other boats caught the eye... each carried a bright fire amidships, in a brazier, beside a man, two small barrels of beer, and a very large handbell. The men were purlmen, Grandfather Nat told me, selling hot beer in the cold mornings - to the men on the colliers, or on any other craft thereabout.”

Source : Arthur Morrison (2016). “The Complete Works of Arthur Morrison (Including Martin Hewitt Detective Mysteries, Sketches of the Old London Slum & Tales of the Supernatural) - Illustrated: Adventures of Martin Hewitt, The Red Triangle, Tales of Mean Streets, The Dorrington Deed Box, The Green Eye of Goona, Divers Vanities, Green Ginger, Fiddle o' Dreams, The Shadows Around Us & more”, p.1072, e-artnow
“I played baseball in college but I didn't identify with the jocks, I was in my own little world .”
“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”
“It's, like, a rule. You can't have Christmas without snow.”
“I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.”
“This is the rock 'n' roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.”
“There was a time when we wanted to be told what an electron is. The question was never answered. No familiar conceptions can be woven around the electron; it belongs to the waiting list.”
“I've done a lot of video games and stuff, and I'm getting better and better at it. I don't have a prejudice about it being a different medium.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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