"I was talking to my publisher in Britain and was told here we are - we are sixty million people and we reckon only four hundred thousand people in Britain really read."

-- John Gimlette

#Talking Quotes #People Quotes #Four Quotes

“I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.”
“Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go to school, and that's very clear.”

Source : "Greg Mortenson: 'Ordinary Oprah'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. March 12, 2009.
“The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.”
“They said it was against the rules to take sides on a controversial issue. I said, 'I wish you had told me that during World War II, when I took sides against Hitler.”

Source : "Newscaster Howard K. Smith dies at 87". www.cnn.com. February 18, 2002.
“Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.”

Source : Althea Gibson, Richard Curtis (1968). “So Much to Live for”
“Not everyone has something to say. This will not stop them from saying it.”
“There are a lot of movies that take place internationally, like Kung Fu Panda portraying a little bit of China, and Ratatouille portraying a little about Paris, but it's hard to find a movie that portrays Rio or Brazil.”
“I think music docs could turn off some people.”

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