"Life's not fair. It's only short."

-- Hank Phillippi Ryan

“Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical fitness and mental prowess.”
“Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage.”
“Death means you are in the third person.”

Source : Michael Ondaatje (2009). “The English Patient: Special Edition”, p.263, A&C Black
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.”
“I'm just not a natural teacher.”
“When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself. We don't have to worry about what to do. We don't have to figure out solutions ahead of time. Peacemaking is the functioning of bearing witness. Once we listen with our entire body and mind, loving action arises.”

Source : Bernie Glassman (2013). “Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace”, p.62, Penguin
“I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.”
“I think confidence is very important, as well as a positive attitude; you should never give up; just maintain a positive mentality whenever you perform; you should go for it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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