"State solutions are imposed from above; they are often without corrective devices, and cannot easily be reversed on the proof of failure. Their inflexibility goes hand in hand with their planned and goal-directed nature, and when they fail the efforts of the state are directed not to changing them but to changing people’s belief that they have failed."

-- Roger Scruton

#Hands Quotes #People Quotes #Goal Quotes

“I've gotten tons of awards and I believe when it's my time to get a Grammy, I'll get a Grammy.”
“Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being's heart a love of wonder; the sweet amazement at the stars and starlike things and thoughts; the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what comes next, and the joy in the game of life.”

Source : "The Silver Treasury, Prose and Verse for Every Mood" by Jane Manner, (p. 323-24), 1934.
“When I choose projects, I don't stipulate between film or theatre or television. I receive scripts and I read scripts - and when I read a script that's good, I then get married to it and talk to my agent about what happens next.”
“Being young is greatly overestimated ... Any failure seems so total. Later on you realize you can have another go.”
“July 4th is Independence Day in the U.S., and it is celebrated in a truly American way by blowing things up and taking a day off from work.”
“I am gentle with myself, knowing that I am doing the best I can with the knowledge and understanding I have”
“I got country music in me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'.”

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