"The day will happen whether or not you get up."

-- John Ciardi

#Taking Action Quotes

“I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.”

Source : Dick Francis (1981). “Whip hand: Trial run ; Twice shy”
“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
“They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.”
“When you grow up with a name like Brad Thor, people expect you to be 6-foot-4 and a pile of muscles.”
“You have to learn to work and search, not expect instantly to find.”

Source : Patsy Rodenburg (2002). “The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer”, p.164, Palgrave Macmillan
“Is there any man, is there any woman, let me say any child here that does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?”
“Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.”
“I never worked on anything so hard in my life [like my book 'Straight to the Heart: Political Cantos'], including the Bar exam. The only other thing I could compare it to is having four babies by age 24. That was hard.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com

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