Quotes
Authors
Patrick Gale
"I worry sometimes that we're apt to confuse forgiveness with forgetfulness. The potency of forgiveness comes precisely from the fact that it must be done while being goaded by an unhappy memory." --
Source : Patrick Gale (2010). “Rough Music”, p.359, Ballantine Books
Patrick Gale
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“If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than is ever evident. Just as the rivers we see are minor compared to the underground streams, so, too, the idealism that is visible is minor compared to what people carry in their hearts unreleased or scarcely released.”
“I had to face the facts, I was pear-shaped. I was a bit depressed because I hate pears. 'Specially their shape.”
“I am beginning now to see how radically the character of my spiritual journey will change when I no longer think of God as hiding out and making it as difficult as possible for me to find him, but instead as the one who is looking for me while I am doing the hiding...”
“The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools”
“I am careful with my material and presentation.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the skills of a Sammy Davis, Jr., bringing together the street dance of African American urban culture, joining them to the politics of dance, of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly on that sphere alone.”
“Live and let live. I want to be happy and be loved...that's all.”
“I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.”