"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it."

-- William Hazlitt

#Positive Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Adversity Quotes

“When I played football was somewhat taboo for a girl. Today it's not as much of a problem. Not all girls want to play football but it's not a case of 'Oh my god she plays football, that's a bit odd.' It's a lot more accepted now.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Pandemonium, the high capital Of Satan and his peers.”
“Repentance follows hasty counsels.”
“The object of our lives is to look at, listen to, touch, taste things. Without them, - these sticks, stones, feathers, shells, - there is no Deity.”

Source : Reginald Horace Blyth (1948). “Zen in English literature and oriental classics”
“You'd have thought we planned it," says Peeta, giving me just the hint of a smile. "Didn't you?" asks Portia. Her fingers press her eyelids closed as if she's warding off a very bright light. "No," I say looking at Peeta with a new sense of apreciation. "Neither of us even knew what we were going to do before we went in." "And Haymitch?" says Peeta. "We decided we don't want any other allies in the arena." "Good. Then I won't be responsible for you killing off any of my friends with your stupidity," he says.”
“The news is not about news anymore. It's about protecting some people, destroying others and shoving a socialist agenda down the collective throats of America.”
“I am very much afraid that the loss of Cyrenaica will have serious political consequences for the Duce.”

Source : "Der Afrikafeldzug: Rommels Wüstenkrieg 1941-1943". Book by Franz Kurowski, p. 112, 1986.
“People say that New Yorkers aren't friendly, but I think they're more friendly than Londoners. Here there is a front-footed nature of Americans. You can go out on a night out and meet 10 random people and stay in touch with them, whereas that's not going to happen in the same way in London.”

Source : "Theo James (AKA Mr. Pamuk on Downton!) On His New Show Golden Boy, NYC, and More". Interview with Anna Moeslein, www.glamour.com. February 26, 2013.

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