"Why worry about these small, small things? I don't stress. You never hear of anyone dying of happiness."

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Source : "The secret of the world's oldest marathon runner" by Nosheen Iqbal, www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2011.

Fauja Singh

#Stress Quotes #Worry Quotes #Dying Quotes

“Great cycles of history began with vigorous cultures awakening to the needs of children, but collapsing with frayed family ties. Have we failed to learn lessons which Ancient China, Greece and Rome learned too late - about day care and death houses for old folks? Do we without protest accept accelerating preschool and nursing home cultures which warn ominously that the earlier you institutionalize your child, the earlier he will institutionalize you!”
“Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry are two of the hottest girls in the world - and so normal and funny with it. If I was a few years older they are the kind of girls I'd like to date. I want a younger version of Cheryl and Katy - a mixture of the two would be hot.”
“All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.”
“It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing.”
“I'm glad [Ornette Coleman] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what he's doing, even though I don't always like to listen to it. It's like living in a house where everything's painted red.”
“The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away...”
“Iâ€™m not super-comfortable with it. I feel the less you project of yourself the more you can be believable as a character. I also think itâ€™s just better for your own mental health. Then you can be a human being and change your mind and nobody asks you questions about it!”
“Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power of a thorough consecration, the ability of self-littleness, an absolute losing of one's self in God's glory and an ever present and insatiable yearning and seeking after all the fullness of God.”

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