"I will not die an unlived life."

-- Dawna Markova

“Don't treat people as you think they are, treat them as you think they are capable of becoming.”

Source : John Marsden (2010). “While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles 1: The Ellie Chronicles”, p.63, Pan Australia
“You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.”
“When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.'”
“Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor of victory, a large war chest -even if not the largest-is usually a necessary condition. Money may not guarantee victory, but the lack of it usually guarantees defeat. Without large sums, there is rarely much of a campaign, as poorly funded 'minor' candidates have repeatedly discovered.”
“That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing.”

Source : "Ballerina of the Century". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.
“They say when opportunity knocks you should let it in and invite it to sit at your table. F*** that -- when opportunity knocks, you should take it captive. Beat that s*** down. I've got opportunity tied to a chair in my basement with a ball gag in its mouth. Opportunity ain't even thinking about leaving my house. If you keep quiet for a second, you'll hear it whining.”

Source : "Top 15 Most Jaw-Dropping Revelations From Tracy Morgan" by Sheila Marikar, abcnews.go.com. October 20, 200.
“Am I incapable of living with the one sole guarantee, that I'm still here? Am I afraid of living because I fear death?”
“Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city - a city of people, you know”

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