"I have no complaints. I am comfortable and satisfied. I am not the kind of person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars."

-- Gertrude Ederle

#Stars Quotes #Moon Quotes #Long Quotes

“It felt odd to be laughing during a firefight. Then again, if you can't laugh when you're about to die, when can you?”
“When I'm shooting films, I write and play music when I come home.”
“As I became a creature of the empty tunnels, survival became easier and more difficult all at once. I gained in the physical skills and experience necessary to live on. I could defeat almost anything that wandered into my chosen domain. It did not take me long, however, to discover one nemesis that I could neither defeat nor flee. It followed me wherever I went - indeed, the farther I ran, the more it closed in around me. My enemy was solitude, the interminable, incessant silence of hushed corridors.”
“Many children are taught to believe in God. I came to believe in the power of systems analysis.”

Source : "Inside the Crisis" by Ryan Lizza, www.newyorker.com. October 12, 2009.
“Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.”
“Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.”

Source : Louis Nizer (2015). “My Life in Court”, p.254, Ravenio Books
“It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.”
“God is bigger than every issue you will ever have to face, and you can do whatever you need to do through Christ who strengthens you.”

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