"Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldnt bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down."

-- Jonny Wilkinson

#Games Quotes #People Quotes #Perfect Quotes

“I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising,”

Source : Miriam Makeba, Nomsa Mwamuka (2004). “Makeba: The Miriam Makeba Story”, Ste Pub
“We all owe everyone for everything that happens in our lives. But it's not owing like a debt to one person--it's really that we owe everyone for everything. Our whole lives can change in an instant--so each person that keeps that from happening, no matter how small a role they play, is also responsible for all of it. Just by giving friendship and love, you keep the people around you from giving up--and each expression of friendship or love may be the one that makes all the difference.”

Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.180, Vintage
“Isn't there a danger with Tweeting, like drunk dialing? Isn't there a drunk Tweeting danger?”
“The living all assemble! What's the cue?-- Do what the clumsy partner wants to do!”
“We learn from here the humility of the Holy One, Blessed is He. Since man is in the likeness of the angels, and they would be jealous of him, for this reason, He consulted them.”

Source : Commenting on Gen. 1:26; why does it say "Let us make man"?,
“When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I've found it hard to read as much as I'd like, children, work, and pets all providing powerful incentives to escape into a book and a practical reason why I rarely do so.”
“Our private property must be sacrificed.”
“Advice is not really very useful. People gave me terrible advice, and I guess I was just smart enough to ignore some of it.”

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