"Every cricketer knows that in the early stages of a batsman's innings i.e. before he gets his eye in - luck plays an important part."

-- W. G. Grace

#Eye Quotes #Play Quotes #Luck Quotes

“Charm" â€” which means the power to effect work without employing brute force â€” is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.”
“And new people come in, and it doesn't go along with their politics, and they fire me, end the column, silence a voice in Los Angeles. They can't silence it nationally, but they are able to do it there.”

Source : "LA Times Fires Longtime Progressive Columnist Robert Scheer". "Democracy NOW!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. November 14, 2005.
“We need a dialogue with the Iranians, and it is going to take both carrots and sticks. We employed very tough economic sanctions, and they are having an effect. But we also have to give the Iranians an idea of what the economic and cooperative possibilities would be if they did give up their quest for a nuclear weapon.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The listener has a responsibility that not everyone wants to take, especially if you are putting on the new Top 40 record.”
“Surround yourself with people who are the ketchup to your french fries-they make you a better version of yourself. Yes french fries are amazing on their own, but combined with ketchup they are a force. Spend time with people who bring out your true flavors, but don't overpower you.”
“Being able to depend on someone doesn't mean you're dependent on them.”

Source : Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “Untold”, p.154, Simon and Schuster
“If war is glorified, it tends to eclipse the policies it is meant to serve.”

Source : Randal Marlin (2002). “Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion”, p.59, Broadview Press
“Men educated in [the critical habit of thought]are slow to believe. They can hold things as possible or probable in all degrees, without certainty and without pain.”

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