"I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk."

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

John Ford

#War Quotes #Taken Quotes #Fishing Quotes

“Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it's always constant.”
“Were I to make the announcement and to run, the reasons I would run is because I have a great belief in this country [America]. ... There's more natural resources than any nation in the world; the greatest education population in the world; the greatest technology of any country in the world; the greatest capacity for innovation in the world; and the greatest political system in the world.”
“Being a father is certainly a task...but the best one that I could ever ask for. Being home, being with the family-that's what it's about.”

Source : "Thor star Chris Hemsworth's wife Elsa Pataky confirms the couple are expecting twins" by Carl Greenwood, www.mirror.co.uk. January 15, 2014.
“I love having other people sing my songs.”
“Groupon as a company - it's built into the business model - is about surprise. A new deal that surprises you every day. We've carried that over to our brand, in the writing and the marketing that we do, and in the internal corporate culture.”
“You couldn't find nobody deader, not if you'd sarched for a week. Why, door nails, and Julius Caesar, and things o' that description, would ha' been lively compared with your poor ma when I see her. Lively! that's what they'd ha' been.”
“Angelica. My beloved daughter, the one true good thing I have done in this life.”
“The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us - can push them toward pride or despair...toward self-righteousness or self-hatred.”

Source : Phil Vischer (2012). “Sidney and Norman: A Tale of Two Pigs”, p.46, Thomas Nelson Inc

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