"We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do."

-- Theodore Guerin

#Volunteer Quotes

“In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.”
“I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater preponderance of work then than there is now.”
“I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.”
“The words 'California's Gold' will no longer mean anything about me or about a television series. They will mean what California's Gold has always truly meant: not the literal gold nuggets that they pulled out of the earth, not the riches people got when they came here, but the dreams that brought people here and are still bringing people here.”
“I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.”
“When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.”
“There's always fear. There's always fear. Always fear. Anyone who says they are not afraid is lying to you. Because this can all change tomorrow. I could say something dumb today and be in the news for it tomorrow. And maybe the phone stops ringing. You're always afraid of losing what you have. Regardless of success or anything, you're always afraid.”

Source : Interview with Paul Eide, www.askmen.com. February 27, 2016.
“I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.”

Source : "Joe Frazier: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 7, 2011.

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