"How bad does it have to be before you do something about it?"

-- Amy Jenkins

“Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.”
“When we return wild animals to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs. For man cannot give wild animals freedom, they can only take it away.”
“And when the storms came through They found me and you Back together And when the sun would shine It was yours and mine. Yours and mine forever.”
“The snake, the rat, the cat, the dog... How you gonna see 'em if you livin' in the fog?”
“It is by means of these that we attain perfect love, through the grace and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory through all the ages. Amen.”
“I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.”
“Builders insist that success may never come without a compelling personal commitment to something you care about and would be willing to do with or without counting on wealth, fame, power, or public acceptance as an outcome.”

Source : Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson (2006). “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters”, p.21, Pearson Education
“My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.”

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