Quotes
Authors
Mordecai
"Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life." --
Mordecai
#War Quotes
#Struggle Quotes
#Race Quotes
“In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace; but the first wonder is the offspring of ignorance, the last is the parent of adoration.”
“I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.”
“A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.”
“A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.”
Source : FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 14, 2010
“I would like to accept this recognition on behalf of all the staff members that that I’ve been associated with; all of the office people behind the scenes who never get credit and make this game so great along with the great coaches and players.”
“In The Last of Her Kind, Sigrid Nunez once again creates characters of such depth and situations of such vivid moral complexity that reading these pages is like living them. Only as I closed the book did I sadly realize that Georgette and Ann weren't my neighbors. But happily I can revisit them again, and again, in this beautiful and absorbing novel.”
“Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.”
“The bad stuff is easier to believe. You ever notice that?”
Source : "Pretty Woman". www.imdb.com. 1990.