"I want to say to all the young women out there, as I say to all young people: believe in yourselves, follow your passion and never give up, because you will create a future filled with possibility."

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Source : "Proms 2013: Last Night conductor Marin Alsop 'shocked there can still be firsts for women'". www.telegraph.co.uk. September 8, 2013.

Marin Alsop

#Giving Up Quotes #Believe Quotes #Passion Quotes

“The Greek word pseudepigrapha is a Greek word meaning 'falsely superscribed,' or what we moderns might call writing under a pen name. The classification, 'OT Pseudepigrapha,' is a label that scholars have given to these writings.”
“The boy smiled -- mostly at Amy. "Sorry, her heart belongs to Ian Kabra," Dan said, except that something in her expression made him realize her heart didn't belong at all to Ian right now.”

Source : Peter Lerangis (2011). “The 39 Clues #7: The Viper's Nest”, p.99, Scholastic Inc.
“Just a rock, a dome of snow, the deep blue sky, and a hunk of orange-painted metal from which a shredded American flag cracked in the wind. Nothing more. Except two tiny figures walking together those last few feet to the top of the Earth.”

Source : Peter Potterfield, Tom Hornbein (2003). “Everest”, p.141, The Mountaineers Books
“My best piece of advice is to do something you're passionate about. If you do - you'll do it well - and the money follows.”
“I always ask myself: "Did I get one percent better today?"”

Source : "Larry King Live". www.cnn.com. April 15, 2009.
“I want an ending that's satisfying. I'm more of a classical writer than a modernist one in that I want the ending to be coherent and feel like an ending. I don't like when it just seems to putter out. I mean, life is chaotic enough.”
“Well, if there's an infinite amount of chances for something to happen, then eventually it will happen - no matter how small the likelihood.”

Source : Alex Garland (2005). “The Beach”, p.62, Penguin
“On the wings of fancy, gentle readers, bear yourselves into the mid-air, where by imagination you may form a large stupendous castle.”

Source : Sarah Fielding (1986). “The cry (1754)”, Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint

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