"It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed."

-- Walter Lord

#Nice Quotes #Hero Quotes #Character Quotes

“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”
“I would probably have been very content as a scholar to have carried on organising exhibitions and writing books and teaching,”
“I have been dealing with back problems since 1995 when I was with the Blackhawks, and I've only missed part of one season because of it. That was last season in Toronto.”
“Both my mother and I were determined that we weren't going to stay on welfare. We always worked toward doing better, toward having a better life. We never had any doubts that we would.”
“You can't go on like you're going to start really living one day like all this is some preamble to some great life thats magically going to appear. I'm a firm believer that you have to create your own miracles, don't hold out that there's something better waiting on the other side. It doesn't work that way. When you're gone, you're gone. Don't wait.”

Source : Perry Moore (2007). “Hero”, Disney-Hyperion
“As was noted in the Wall Street Journal, last March 21st, FDA approval of drug labelling, '...requires seven to ten years, and costs each applicant an average of $70 million.'”
“I won't put my ignorance on an altar and call it God. It feels like idolatry, like the worst kind of idolatry.”
“By setting up a universe which tends to hold everything we do, see, and say in the sway of its cosmos, an archetype is best comparable with a God”

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