"Somewhere inside, we hear a voice. It leads us in the direction of the person we wish to become. But it is up to us whether or not to follow."

-- Pat Tillman

#Voice Quotes #Wish Quotes #Persons Quotes

“I get my ideas for books from my own kids and sometimes from other children. Often when I am telling stories I will say: I am going to make up a new story.”
“Real life is a story, too, only much more complicated. Itâ€™s still got a beginning, a middle, and an end. Everyone follows the same rules, you know. . . Itâ€™s just that there are more of them. Everyone has chapters and cliffhangers. Everyone has their journey to make. Some go far and wide and come back empty-handed; some donâ€™t go anywhere and their journey makes them richest of all. Some tales have a moral and some donâ€™t make any sense. Some will make you laugh, others make you cry. The world is a library, young Poison, and youâ€™ll never get to read the same book twice.”
“Violence is a part of the world and life, and you shouldnt have to take it out of stories.”

Source : "Jane Levy Talks EVIL DEAD, the Appeal of the Film’s Violence, Dealing with the Film’s Intensity, and More". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. March 17, 2013.
“Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.”
“Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs.”
“The dynamic is unmistakable: fixed lines for phones have been declining at a three-percent rate for the last several years, while the number of Americans opting for cell phone calling keeps increasing. If you are a fixed line provider this trend means trouble. Many of the fixed mobile convergence strategies under consideration end up utilizing a smart phone or dual-mode VoWLAN/Cellular phone that works like a landline phone in the local area and then converts to cell phone calling.”
“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.”
“It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don't want to put them in a position to fail.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.92, Thomas Nelson Inc

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