"There are so many kinds of madness, so many ways in which the human brain may go wrong; and so often it happens that what we call madness is both reasonable and just. It is so. Yes. A little reason is good for us, a little more makes wise men of some of us--but when our reason over-grows us and we reach too far, something breaks and we go insane."

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Source : James Oliver Curwood “Works by James Oliver Curwood (Illustrated, 22 books)”, LCI

James Oliver Curwood

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“Times are ripe to discuss about the vote right, at least on an administrative level, for immigrant persons.”
“I met people when we lived down in Raleigh who'd ask where I grew up, and I'd say about two hours west of Asheville, and they'd say they didn't know there was any North Carolina two hours west of Asheville. It was in many ways an isolated place.”
“Stress is not caused by your busy life or challenging circumstances, it's simply the result of an imbalance between silence and activity.”
“But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never.”
“When we see society telling women that they have a certain time, that they make women compete with each other, the older generation competing with the younger generation. They've made us believe that there's not enough men out there for us or that we're only hired because of our looks and not because of our abilities.”

Source : Source: www.sheknows.com
“I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be this very, very famous theme, but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.”
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”

Source : Frederick Douglass (2013). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”, p.54, Simon and Schuster
“Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes, he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would had loved to play alongside him.”

Source : "Scholes Tribute: The World’s Top Players On The Ginger Prince". redflagflyinghigh.com. May 31, 2011.

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