"My father was a golden boy from a very small town. He won a very prestigious law scholarship to NYU Law School, and there in Greenwich Village, he met my mother, who was very young, fresh off the boat from Germany."

-- Blake Bailey

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #School Quotes

“I live a generally quiet life, as it were.”
“Don't run with your legs, run with your heart.”

Source : Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.28, Penguin
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... The danger lies in refusing to face the fear, in not daring to come to grips with it. If you fail anywhere along the line it will take away your confidence. You must make yourself succeed every time. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
“Memory's images, once they are fixed in words, are erased," Polo said. "Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at once, if I speak of it, or perhaps, speaking of other cities, I have already lost it, little by little.”
“There's an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, 'It's not the right time just yet.' There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance, and start your business.”
“In proportion to its power, Protestantism has been as persecuting as Catholicism.”
“There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.”
“I am a missionary, heart and soul.”

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