"Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times."

-- Bernard Beckett

#Fear Quotes #Optimistic Quotes #Years Quotes

“Anderson Cooper every night dreams about getting my job permanently really.”
“They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.”
“I was most incorrigibly devoted to versifying, and all my spouse's wholesome admonitions had no manner of effect on me; in short, I believe this scribbling itch is an incurable disease ...”

Source : Laetitia Pilkington (1997). “Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington”, p.56, University of Georgia Press
“I am trying to create awareness of the true concept of democracy.”
“I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. I should be dead ten times over.”
“The only things that interested me were sports, girls, adventures, celebrities - in short, life.”
“I'm not sure I understand the compulsion to label things.”
“I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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