"You realize that you habitually thought of Mom when something in your life was not going well, because when you thought of her it was as though something got back on track, and you felt re-energized."

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Source : FaceBook post by Kyung-sook Shin from Mar 02, 2013

Shin Kyung-sook

#Mom Quotes #Mother Quotes #Track Quotes

“Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.”
“We speak for them. We imbue them with meaning.”

Source : Nate Silver (2012). “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't”, p.17, Penguin
“If we set our minds, we can achieve anything.”
“There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.”
“We can have peace and security only so long as we band together to preserve that most priceless possession, our inheritance of European blood, only so long as we guard ourselves against attack by foreign armies and dilution by foreign races.”

Source : "Aviation, Geography, and Race". Reader's Digest, pp. 64-67, November 1939.
“Do I worship God or what other people think of me?”

Source : Song: All We Got, Album: Never Land, 2014
“I started harmonica at the age of four, and when I was 12 I started the guitar. Then I played at school.”
“I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.”

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