"The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion."

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Source : Orlick, Terry (2015). “In Pursuit of Excellence 5th Edition”, p.26, Human Kinetics

Terry Orlick

#Heart Quotes #Passion Quotes #Giving Quotes

“At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline.”
“Want to be a better leader? Meditate in the morning and prepare yourself for the day ahead.”
“I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.”
“It is, after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster's shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars with other oysters.”
“As an actor, I tend to enjoy going to the dark side.”
“A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want to or not. It calls you back.”

Source : "Conversation: Tea Obreht, Author of ‘The Tiger’s Wife’". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. April 1, 2011.
“If a film isn't really talking about who we are and what our psychologies are, then we're probably not that interested in it, actually.”
“I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.”

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