"Here is Theodore Roosevelt with all his faults and with all his strengthsâ€”the devoted family man, the passionate game hunter, the astute politician, the frustrated warrior. This is a deeply moving account of the last years of a very great man,"

-- David Herbert Donald

#Moving Quotes #Warrior Quotes #Men Quotes

“The two real leads in 'Children of Men' are Clive Owen and the social environment. You know, this same movie without the social environment maybe is just like a generic chase movie.”
“Every place is the center of the world.”
“As soon as they say I don't sound as good as my old stuff, I tell them, "I would never sound as good as I first sounded, because you guys didn't know who I was. Being that I'm in rotation, you guys are getting used to the sound, so now you expect another track and another track, but it never happens again, no matter how hard I try."”
“It is only when the correct practice is followed for a long time, without interruptions and with a quality of positive attitude and eagerness, that it can succeed.”
“For me N.M.E. was a very big thing. When I first came to the United Kingdom I started taking pictures for them and I became their main photographer for five years, and that's really been the basis of everything I've been doing since.”
“I just think the way (for instance) evangelicals talk about God or Jesus, as in "Jesus says" or "the Bible says" points up a lack of honesty.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.”
“Surely you have to succeed, if you give everything you have.' 'I don't see why. Everyone has to give everything they have eventually. They have to die. Dying can't be called a success.”

Source : Penelope Fitzgerald (1997). “The Bookshop”, p.108, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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