"I had a wonderful childhood, but I was a wanderer from year one."

-- Maureen Forrester

#Years Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“Iâ€™ve spent too many years explaining who and what I am repeatedly, so as of this moment I officially secede from both races. I plan to start my own separate nation. Because I am half Ojibway and half Caucasian, we will be called the Occasions. And of course, since Iâ€™m founding the new nation, I will be a Special Occasion.”
“Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.”
“I grew up watching Mickey Mouse and going to Disney World, like, 2,000 times. Mickey Mouse is like my guru.”

Source : "Michelangelo Knows Best – An Interview with Greg Cipes". Interview with Dak, www.wired.com. March 1, 2013.
“Fundamentally only two great novelties have come out of recent warfare. They are: (1) mechanical vehicles, which relieve the Soldier of equipment hitherto carried by him; (2) air supply, which relieves the vehicle of the road.”
“I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away from me, giddy with freedom. This, and this, and this, I said to him. I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry that I was too slender, or too slow. This and this and this! I taught him how to skip stones, and he taught me how to carve wood. I could feel every nerve in my body, every brush of air against my skin.”

Source : Madeline Miller (2011). “The Song of Achilles”, p.47, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Bye, bye! I'm from Colombia! I'm Sofia Vergara!”
“I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon.”
“Pigs are smarter than dogs, and both are smarter than Congress.”

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