"It was depressing, ... I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck."

-- Clyde Tombaugh

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“I naturally have an athletic build, thick legs yet a lean upper body. I filled out much later than all my classmates, and I thank God for it now. I had to learn to fix what I can and accept what I cannot fix...That's probably the hardest thing.”

Source : "Celebrity Body-Image Confessions: How They Turned Insecurities Into What They Love Most About Their Bods" by Anne Jensen, www.glamour.com.
“The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.”
“The word 'risk' derives from the early Italian risicare, which means 'to dare'. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The actions we dare to take, which depend on how free we are to make choices, are what the story of risk is all about. And that story helps define what it means to be a human being.”

Source : Peter L. Bernstein (2012). “Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk”, p.18, John Wiley & Sons
“I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I love Tennessee, but they don't have the pine trees and the sandy soil and the black water that I grew up around.”
“Well we'd just seen Gerry. I think he wanted somebody who had that authority and was handsome. The thing is, he's a big hunk isn't he? All I can say, if you look at his chat line, or the Phantom website, it's quite worrying. Because the girls really seem to love him.”
“Really it is very wholesome exercise, this trying to make one's words represent one's thoughts, instead of merely looking to their effect on others.”

Source : Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.47, BookCaps Study Guides
“Sustainability is about profit...it is the opportunity of the century”

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