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“Up to here, in general, we have mainly stuffed the brain of the young people with a indigestible multitude of varios notions, without thinking about enough of the prime necessity to form their character.”

Source : "Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir". Book by Hélène Claparède-Spir, p.58, 1937.
“There is a danger in the word someday when what it means is â€œnot this day.â€...The scriptures make the danger of delay clear. It is that we may discover that we have run out of time. The God who gives us each day as a treasure will require an accounting. We will weep, and He will weep, if we have intended to repent and to serve Him in tomorrows which never came or have dreamt of yesterdays where the opportunity to act was past. This day is a precious gift of God. The thought â€œSomeday I willâ€ can be a thief of the opportunities of time and the blessings of eternity.”
“I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when its difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.”

Source : "Into the Blue". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. April 29, 2013.
“Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a consciousness.”
“I stayed away from mirrors when I was younger and I didn't like having my picture taken. I was tall and had braces and felt ugly.”
“I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds”

Source : Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.290, Villard
“First thing the developer has to do is to get an assessment of the threatened species, of the ecological values of that site. At the moment, that developer lodges an application, there's usually trade-offs, negotiations, you end up with remnant bits of land. You might end up with some other offset land that the public has to run. There's no cohesive system of then making sure that we maintain and improve biodiversity values.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“I wanted to become one of the best guards in the NBA. In order to accomplish that, I had to increase the intensity of my workouts.”

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