"As a piece of travel literature alone, 'The Ends of the Earth' succeeds in providing a tangible sense of the sweaty, smelly reality of many exotic points on the map, with glimpses of their cruelty but also, occasionally, of beauty and human kindness. As a piece of analysis, it is deeply thought-provoking."

-- Francis Fukuyama

#Kindness Quotes #Reality Quotes #Thought Provoking Quotes

“I know very well what I am about and that my skies have not been neglected, though they often failed in execution - and often no doubt from over anxiety about them...”
“The key is that unless there is accountability, we will never get the right system. As long as there are no consequences if kids or adults don't perform, as long as the discussion is not about education and student outcomes, then we're playing a game as to who has the power.”
“I've never had one of those amazing yoga bodies. My body is what it is. I am sure if I went on a crash diet, lost two stone and toned up I could make loads of money by making fitness videos and selling my story to the tabloids. But I don't want to encourage women to be anything other than what they are. That's very important to me.”
“How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you're doing?”
“Leap...and the net will follow”

Source : Valerie Bertinelli (2009). “Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life without Opening the Fridge”, p.84, Simon and Schuster
“I had a good run here, fifteen years. That's a great run. I'm not saying that I'm done in center field - if I could play there forever, I would. But I know that's not reality, so I'm happy.”
“Silence, too, can be torture.”
“I see why now Tohno-kun is different from the others. Like the rocket shooting off into space, on the loneliest journeyï»¿ to the far end of the solar system. Because he's always looking at something beyond me. He can never see me. I cried myself to sleep, thinking of him.”

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