"A batsman's skill and technique are judged on how he faces the Duke ball in England"

-- Tony Greig

#Skills Quotes #Balls Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Far too often we see attention paid to the firearm and not the criminal.”
“The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.”
“But there's a fourth interpretation: Obama can't leave his comfort zone. No president since Woodrow Wilson has been as enamored of abstract ideas or more sure that disagreement with him is proof of ignorance, bad faith or dogmatism. As a candidate, he insisted his real opponent was 'cynicism,' and in his address last week, he returned to this trite formulation, insisting again he was bravely battling the cynics.”
“I asked her, "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" She looked at her watch and said, "I'm optimistic." "Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each others as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon." "Why do beautiful songs make you sad?" "Because they aren't true." "Never?" "Nothing is beautiful and true." She smiled, but in a way that wasn't just happy, and said, "You sound just like Dad.”
“The full life depends, not on the range of experience but on the intensity of the interest, the emotion involved, and on its being a personal interest.”

Source : Ann Bridge (2013). “Singing Waters”, p.174, A&C Black
“Share your story with someone. You never know how one sentence of your life story could inspire someone to rewrite their own.”

Source : Demi Lovato (2013). “Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year”, p.59, Feiwel & Friends
“Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.”
“You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.”

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