"It's tricky to be such an independent person, from Canada. It doesn't matter how incredible your work is, if you're an unknown person and you're from Toronto, people's eyes glaze over immediately as soon as you introduce yourself."

-- Shary Boyle

#Independent Quotes #Eye Quotes #People Quotes

“ClichÃ© openings in fantasy can include an opening scene set in a battle (and my peeve is that I donâ€™t know any of the characters yet so why should I care about this battle) or with a pastoral scene where the protagonist is gathering herbs (I didnâ€™t realize how common this is).”
“Things never happen exactly how you think they will.”

Source : David Archuleta (2010). “Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance”, p.106, Penguin
“Buying Gold Is Just Buying A Put Against The Idiocy Of The Political Cycle. It's That Simple!”

Source : BBC HARDTalk Interview, November 15, 2011.
“I don't agree with you in saying that in all human minds there is poetry. Man as he came from the hand of his Maker was poetic in both mind and body, but the gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.”
“Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery.”

Source : Nolan Ryan, Skip Bayless, Tom House (1991). “Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, Precision, and Long-Term Performance”, p.35, Simon and Schuster
“A woman who repeatedly asks a man she knows to be gay when he's going to get married and have children is not trying to let sleeping dogs lie.”
“I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic party ought to reach for.”
“I don't over-sing anymore, which I used to suffer from terribly because I couldn't hear myself.”

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