"Everyday hundreds of people came to the hospital... dying, and I have to introduce life into them again... my duty was to compete with death."

-- Ala Bashir

#People Quotes #Everyday Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“The single most important aspect of the Transition involves the selection of personnel to manage the transfer of responsibility. The law provides roughly ten weeks to accomplish this process.”
“Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a new territory. It took everybody out of their own little world. The cowboy lasted a hundred years, created more songs and prose and poetry than any other folk figure. The closest thing was the Japanese samurai. Now, I wonder who'll continue it.”
“I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn't give up. Then I wrote one more book.”
“I've been looking at the iPod- the Apple iPod. One of the interesting things about the iPod, one of the things that people love most about it is not the technology; it's the box it comes in”
“Having your work in a museum is something we as artists aspire to, but I don't think that's something we need to worry about while we're alive.”
“In baseball, you're always moving people around.”
“We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.”

Source : "Faded FA Cup glimmering again" by Roger Bennett, www.espn.com. January 4, 2013.
“With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.”

Source : Song: Invincible, 1985

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