"While there's plenty to be said for drive and talent, it was my parents' support that started me on the path that led me here today."

-- Tichina Arnold

#Parent Quotes #Support Quotes #Today Quotes

“Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. June 20, 2008.
“Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get the sort of intellectual tolerance that allows me to propound something that may be completely alien to you.”

Source : "Welsh star in race row". WalesOnline Interview, www.walesonline.co.uk. January 18, 2004.
“A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.”

Source : 1623 The Duchess of Malfi, act 3, sc.2.
“What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.”
“I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.”
“Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.”

Source : Hans Georg Gadamer, J. E. Malpas, Ulrich von Arnswald, Jens Kertscher (2002). “Gadamer's Century: Essays in Honor of Hans-Georg Gadamer”, p.315, MIT Press
“Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (.....) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a great service by developing, over the years, a form of language in which many of the archaisms and cliches that had become fashionable were discarded, a language that could serve as an adequate instrument for the writing of fiction in these times.”

Source : "Naguib Mahfouz" by Denys Johnson-Davies, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2006.
“I think for a classical musician the goal is the same as an electronic musician. A very good professional classical musician must not think about technique.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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