"Dad, I left my heart up there."

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Source : Francis Gary Powers, Curt Gentry (2004). “Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident”, p.4, Potomac Books, Inc.

Francis Gary Powers

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“I was writing fiction steadily, but I found that the stark determinisms of code were a welcome relief from the ambiguities of literary narrative.”

Source : Vikram Chandra (2013). “Geek Sublime: Writing Fiction, Coding Software”, p.22, Faber & Faber
“It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.”
“Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.”
“I saw the Village as a place you could escape to, to express yourself. When I first went there, I wrote and performed poetry. Then I drew portraits for a couple of years. It took a while before I thought about picking up a guitar.”
“My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.”
“I think the art film, or the auteur-driven film - and not only foreign, but domestic films following that path - can get a small share of the box office. And I think that small share may open up a little bit.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Women also lose sight of their goals by taking on extra responsibilities. We are virtual responsibility magnets. We don't make these decisions consciously or deliberately, but out of the fear that if we don't act on a need, it will never get resolved. ... But we fail to realize that once we become responsible for something, we may be responsible to it forever.”

Source : Pat Heim, Susan K. Golant (2005). “Hardball for Women: Revised Edition”, p.211, Penguin
“I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.”

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