"How easily we ignore or forget the small kindnesses and considerations in life which are really the only everyday magic we witness on a regular basis. Just think- to make happiness out of nothing more than a few kind words or a generous gesture."

-- Jonathan Carroll

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“We believe strongly that the road to peace and two states living side by side does not go through New York, it goes through Jerusalem and Ramallah.”
“In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.”

Source : Gertrude Jekyll (1913). “Wall and Water Gardens: With Chapters on the Rock-garden and the Heath-garden”
“I go through the text making sure I haven't used any big words. If I find any fancy adjectives have crept in, I replace them with small words like 'nice' and 'big'. I've liked these words ever since I was told not to use them in English class at school. After that, I check that the sentences are short so as people won't get confused and I shorten all the chapters so they won't get bored. I can't read anything complicated these days, my attention span is too short. Everyone else probably feels the same.”
“New York is the only real city-city.”
“My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer.”
“True teachers not only impart knowledge and method but awaken the love of learning by their own reflected love.”

Source : Robert Grudin (1990). “The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation”, Ticknor & Fields
“I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.”
“I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.”

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