"Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey into an adventure is largely a matter of telling yourself the right story about it, which is one thing that Lewis's child characters have learned from reading, 'the right books."

-- Laura Miller

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“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

Source : "Philomena interview: Steve Coogan". www.sbs.com.au. December 28, 2013.
“However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.”
“The problem isn't that we have bodies; the problem is that we're not living in them.”
“... The reality is that atmospheric CO2 has a minimal impact on greenhouse gases and world temperature. Water vapor is responsible for 95 percent of the greenhouse effect. CO2 contributes just 3.6 percent, with human activity responsible for only 3.2 percent of that. That is why some studies claim CO2 levels are largely irrelevant to global warming.”
“Owain crossed his arms over his chest. "I've gone straight. Only good, clean jobs for me now." "So, in other words," North said, "you're living in poverty?”
“I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.”

Source : Alan Sugar (2015). “Unscripted: My Ten Years in Telly”, p.210, Pan Macmillan
“A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.”
“I just think that unless you have that cohesiveness in the family unit, the male character tends to become very dominant, repressive and insensitive. So much of this comes also from a lack of education.”

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