"I eat like a tortoise eats, if you've ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric swamp thing."

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R. J. Palacio

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“Leaders volunteer to go first into danger. Their willingness to sacrifice for us is the reason we're inspired to follow.”
“If I could even do that [playing] in a softball league, I would never miss anything about baseball.”

Source : Source: sports-ak.espn.go.com
“The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.”
“In commercial fiction especially, everything in the story usually contributes directly to the plot The shorter the story, the truer this is”
“Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.”
“If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.”

Source : Katharine Hepburn (1987). “The making of The African Queen, or, How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall, and Huston and almost lost my mind”, Alfred A. Knopf
“I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who is speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV.”
“The Possibilities in racing tactics are almost unlimited, as in a game of chess, for every move there is a counter, for every attack there is a defense.... The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage. Above all, he must have a will to win.”

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