"It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light."

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Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.93, Random House Books for Young Readers

Jeanne DuPrau

#Two Quotes #Light Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“The author lives with one foot in an everyday world and the other feeling about anxiously for a foothold in another more precarious one.”
“Sure, we loaned money to build hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. So what? Las Vegas borrowers were good customers.”

Source : "Hoffa The Real Story" by Jimmy Hoffa, (p. 119), 1975.
“I hadn't found out yet that mankind consists of two very different races, the rich and the poor. It took me ... and plenty of other people . . . twenty years and the war to learn to stick to my class and ask the price of things before touching them, let alone setting my heart on them.”
“Lord Jesus, Who in the Eucharist make your dwelling among us and become our traveling companion, sustain our Christian communities so that they may be ever more open to listening and accepting your Word. May they draw from the Eucharist a renewed commitment to spreading in society, by the proclamation of your Gospel, the signs and deeds of an attentive and active charity”
“If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.”

Source : Song: Race Among The Ruins, Album: Summertime Dream
“One of the capabilities, which seems to be the most difficult for aspiring leaders to maste is realistic optimism. It requires one to recognize that our experience of life is largely up to us, that our situations, good or bad, are largely due to our ability on a moment-to-moment basis to capitalize on opportunity. Those that approach life as if it is largely outside of their own control, or that others are largely to blame for their circumstances, generally find growth elusive.”
“Insect life was so loud that when you parked the car and got out it sounded as if you had suddenly tuned into a radio frequency from another planet.”

Source : "The Pink Panthers" by David Samuels, www.newyorker.com. April 12, 2010.
“Are you ready to fight for good jobs and and a solid level playing field? Are you ready to prove to another generation of Americans that we can build a better country and a newer world? Joe Biden is ready. Barack Obama is ready. I am ready. You're ready.”

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