"The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be reasonably sure that the press and camera will report their exact dimensions."

-- Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

#Idols Quotes #Feet Quotes #Clay Quotes

“Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.”
“You've got to create the space, then fill it.”
“In fact, because I am very time conscious and want to make the most of every moment, I make it a practice to remove my watch before I light the candles as if to suggest that for this brief period, my life must transcend time.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake without becoming defensive and unforgiving.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lisa Kudrow from Dec 07, 2011
“Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.”
“The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search.”

Source : Max Lerner (1959). “The Unfinished Country”
“I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker.”
“For me, the person I was becoming when we left was erased, and another one was created.”

Source : Esmeralda Santiago (2006). “When I was Puerto Rican”, p.209, Da Capo Press

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