"When we are green, still half-created, we believe that our dreams are rights, that the world is disposed to act in our best interests, and that falling and dying are for quitters. We live on the innocent and monstrous assurance that we alone, of all the people ever born, have a special arrangement whereby we will be allowed to stay green forever"

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Source : Tobias Wolff (1989). “This boy's life”

Tobias Wolff

#Dream Quotes #Believe Quotes #Fall Quotes

“Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.”
“Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically.”
“Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.”
“It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.”
“People would see me on a Nickelodeon commercial, and I would hear about it the next day in school”
“Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly”
“As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.”

Source : "TUC leader Frances O'Grady: 'People want some hope for the future'" by Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2012.
“The right to religious freedom has its foundation, not in the church or society or the state, but in the very dignity of the human person.”

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