"In searching for further training we turned to England and Bernard Leach. We thought since we had responded to his book so strongly that this would be the sort of training that we would like to have. We saved money, during the summer went to Europe, and the first stop was to go to England, visit the Leach Pottery and ask Leach if he would take us on as apprentices."

-- Warren MacKenzie

#Summer Quotes #Book Quotes #Europe Quotes

“The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light; when we see them in the hand of God, who dispenses them; when we know that it is our loving Father who abases and distresses us; our sufferings will lose their bitterness and become even a matter of consolation.”
“I enjoy coming to the ballpark every day. I don't go to work. I come here to play.”
“I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?”
“When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and compare them with the values of where I came from - I feel so blessed to be from Africa.”
“I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops.”
“Many people asked me to convert. I said my religious convictions remain. I am fighting the wrongs within my own community. And if I decide to convert I will lose the right to fight.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“One night love affair, pretending we don't care, and now we're left with nothing.”
“No goal is too high if we climb with care and confidence.”

Source : S. Truett Cathy (1989). “It's Easier to Succeed Than to Fail”, Thomas Nelson Incorporated

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