"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."

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Source : "Fictional character: Huw Morgan". "How Green Was My Valley", www.imdb.com. 1941.

Irving Pichel

#Father Quotes #Boys Quotes #Simple Quotes

“I think you want to show a level of transparency that breeds trust. You don't want to show a level of desperation that breeds concern.”

Source : "E1000000: F-bomb Friday with 500 Startups’ Dave McClure". Interview with Jason Calacanis, thisweekinstartups.com. November 16, 2013.
“Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste.”

Source : George Perkins Marsh (1864). “Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action”, p.35, New York : C. Scribner
“New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.”
“It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.”

Source : Ouida (2016). “Signa”, p.14, Ouida
“If the players go Christmas shopping, it's not ideal preparation. It may sound silly, but having to fight off the crowds in a busy shopping centre or having people visit can be demanding.”
“I've learned so much from my professors and have been fortunate to have had so many good ones, including Frederick and Steven Barthelme, Edward Carey, Jim Magnuson, and Elizabeth McCracken.”
“Making the documentary was an extraordinary experience and it really hit home to me the quasi-religious nature of this anthropogenic global warming cause. These people really have found religion.”
“By introducing you to yourself it enables you to discover for yourself the true meaning of life and thus enrich every moment of it. Such self-discovery can lead to greater understanding of fellow-beings and therefore to true love.”

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