"Now, some people might look at something and let it go by, because they don't recognize the pattern and the significance. It's the sensitivity to pattern recognition that seems to me to be of great importance. It's a matter of being able to find meaning, whether it's positive or negative, in whatever you encounter. It's like a journey. It's like finding the paths that will allow you to go forward, or that path that has a block that tells you to start over again or do something else."

-- Jonas Salk

#Block Quotes #Journey Quotes #People Quotes

“Let's go sit and hate a bunch of people.”

Source : Horace McCoy (2011). “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?”, p.13, Profile Books
“The Chief Justice's ... main point seemed to be that the references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance aren't really religious and therefore are not that important - something I would think would offend Christians who think it should stay because it is religious and does matter. Too many Christians appear to be desperate to shore up their failing confidence in their own religious beliefs by having the government officially endorse those beliefs.”
“If the title of a great man ought to be reserved for him who cannot be charged with an indiscretion or a vice, who spent his life in establishing the independence, the glory and durable prosperity of his country; who succeeded in all that he undertook, and whose successes were never won at the expense of justice, integrity, or by the sacrifice of a single principle--this title will not be denied to Washington.”

Source : Jared Sparks (1855). “The Life of George Washington by Jared Sparks”, p.371
“I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.”
“One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.”

Source : Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson (2002). “Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai”, p.47, Kodansha International
“Don't lose youself on the way to the top.”
“Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds.”
“Everybody has a story. And there's something to be learned from every experience.”

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