"You know how if you're born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I've never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down."

-- Monica Ali

#Running Quotes #Assuming Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“I worked with Steven Spielberg on AI, and his level of preparation was extraordinary. He told me there was a time at the beginning when he was a bit more spontaneous and went over budget, and it absolutely wrecked his head. When you look at the power and assuredness of his movies, it makes sense that he works out so much in advance.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“He's one of the most coachable players out there.”
“I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job.”
“If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.”
“Peace among religions is a precondition for world peace.”

Source : Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.
“Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.”
“I need not instruct you of my belief: Time gives all and takes all away ; everything changes but nothing perishes ; One only is immutable, eternal and ever endures, one and the same with itself. With this philosophy my spirit grows, my mind expands. Whereof, how r ever obscure the night may be, I await daybreak, and they who dwell in day look for night Rejoice therefore, and keep whole, if you can, and return love for love.”
“Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.”

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