"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."

-- George Washington

#4th Of July Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Everything I ever learnt as a small boy came from my father, and I never found anything he ever told me to be wrong or worthless. The simple lessons he taught me are as sharp and clear in my mind as if I had heard them only yesterday.”

Source : "Fictional character: Huw Morgan". "How Green Was My Valley", www.imdb.com. 1941.
“There's more to life than listening to rock music.”

Source : "Pixies Interview". Interview with Chris Carle, www.ign.com. July 6, 2009.
“Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.”
“Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.”
“I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.”
“People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. Can that be called a sacrifice which is simply paid back as a small part of a great debt owing to our God, which we can never repay? All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.”
“Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one more hour of thinking will be tremendously more productive over a lifetime.”

Source : "'You and Your Research' - 1986 Speech by Dr. Richard W. Hamming". www.valueinvestingworld.com. September 21, 2009.

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