"Give me bitter years of sickness, Suffocation, insomnia, fever, Take my child and my lover, And my mysterious gift of song This I pray at your liturgy After so many tormented days, So that the stormcloud over darkened Russia Might become a cloud of glorious rays."

-- Anna Akhmatova

#Song Quotes #Children Quotes #Insomnia Quotes

“No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.”

Source : Sir John Robert Seeley (1871). “Ecce Homo: A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ”, p.14
“I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.”
“At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.”

Source : The Century of the Child Ch. 3
“What we are fighting isn't godlessness--this is the most godly country on earth. We aren't even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines... that helps. When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right.”
“I love my country more than anything else.”

Source : Interview with David Asman, www.foxnews.com. September 12, 2002.
“My mother had to justify the fact that she had heart pills.”
“I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.”
“I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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