"The hardest thing to believe when you're young is that people will fight to stay in a rut, but not to get out of one."

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Believe Quotes #Fighting Quotes #People Quotes

“Life is not long at all, never long enough, but days are very long indeed.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn, Caroline Moorehead (2006). “The letters of Martha Gellhorn”, Vintage
“I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.”
“There was a precarious balance during those crucial months between composition and decomposition - what the world gained and what a great city lost. Even then, some part of Detroit was dying, and that is where the story begins.”

Source : David Maraniss (2016). “Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
“The world that we live in is full of distractions and pleasures that pull us away from a spiritual life. Even our jobs which are a very necessary and important part of our lives can end up being the altar at which we pray. They consume most of our waking hours and provide the income on which we are dependent in order to take care of our families.”
“I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.”
“The script is like music to me. I approach it like it's a musical piece and I hear how it's supposed to sound when people say the words. There's rhythms and there's intonations and things, and so, when somebody comes in and hits the notes that I hear, I go okay. Or, they come close enough, and then I'll say "Well how about you try it like this?" and if they have a good ear and they can pick it up, then I think okay, they've got it.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Anything that can be measured can be improved”
“Be the hero of your own life. Don't let somebody else play that role. (Vasu)”

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