"We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's needed to do the job. By any proper civilized standard (but what does that mean now?) we are objects of horror. But our nerves are completely steady. And we are still alive."

-- Pat Barker

#Jobs Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“This is our true wealth: the riches we take with us, the joy we carry inside, the support we learn to give ourselves, and the self-loving that flows as a natural by-product of that support.”
“I believe that living out loud and not letting fear hold you back is the key to the fullest, most rewarding life possible”

Source : Robert Biswas-Diener (2012). “The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver”, p.3, John Wiley & Sons
“A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100,000 short.”
“I don't think a day has gone past in 10 years where someone hasn't said, 'What did you do with those guns from Lock, Stock?' And there's pretty much not a week that's gone by where someone hasn't got me to say, 'It's a deal, it's a steal, it's the sale of the f**king century.' Apart from that I get, 'You were brilliant in Notting Hill,' because I look vaguely like Rhys Ifans.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“Architecture is my first love, if you want to talk about what moves me... the ordering of space, the visual pleasure, architecture's power to construct our days and nights.”
“Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.”
“Those who live passionately teach us how to love. Those who love passionately teach us how to live.”
“Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.”

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