"You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings."

-- Jack Dempsey

#Champion Quotes #Gongs Quotes #Ready Quotes

“... truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress.”
“Alas! we must suffer ourselves before we can feel for others.”

Source : Émile Gaboriau (2015). “File”, p.41, Booklassic
“How odd that Americans, and not just their presidents, have come to think of their Constitution as something separable from the government it's supposed to constitute. In theory, it should be as binding on rulers as the laws of physics are on engineers who design bridges; in practice, its axioms have become mere options. Of course engineers don't have to take oaths to respect the law of gravity; reality gives them no choice. Politics, as we see, makes all human laws optional for politicians.”
“We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.”

Source : Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.80
“Fair summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore: So fair a summer look for never more. All good things vanish, less than in a day, Peace, plenty, pleasure, suddenly decay. Go not yet away, bright soul of the sad year; The earth is hell when thou leav'st to appear.”

Source : 1592 Summer's Last Will and Testament,'Song'.
“We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.”
“I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I think overall, making a movie is like putting a stamp on the world. Every time I make a movie, I feed in elements to make sure that it's my movie. I'm marking poles like a dog does. This is how I show my movies to the world.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com

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