"Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight."

-- Gene Tunney

#Kids Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried chicken, or two, but unlimited fried chicken.”
“The view is often defended that sciences should be built up on clear and sharply defined basal concepts. In actual fact no science, not even the most exact, begins with such definitions. The true beginning of scientific activity consists rather in describing phenomena and then in proceeding to group, classify and correlate them.”
“I love you,too, Garrett. But sometimes love isn't enough.”
“Once I finally stepped on the moon, no matter what was to come of the next three days - or the rest of my life - nobody could take those steps from me. People ask how long will they be there, and I say forever, however long forever is, like my daughterâ€™s initials that I scribbled in the sand [TDC for Tracy Dawn Cernan].”
“Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.”

Source : Donald E. Westlake (2014). “Dancing Aztecs”, p.12, BASTEI LÜBBE
“Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am.”
“Sharon was a strong and charismatic leader who steered the politics toward the right and extremism. Now it is clear that Israel needs a leadership that proceeds strongly toward peace, or else the extremist right will hijack the situation.”
“When I go and write with other artists - a lot of the time it's with them - it's like a therapy session almost. I ask them what they're listening to and what they're going through and what their influences are and I try to get inside of their head and step into their shoes for a second.”

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