"Without compassion, true gratitude is an impossibility. If we are to feel gratitude towards another for their deeds, then we must have compassion for the suffering and self-sacrifice which they endured in carrying out those deeds. If their actions were free of suffering or sacrifice, then are they truly deserving of gratitude?"

-- Derek R. Audette

#Life Quotes #Gratitude Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes

“Think it is just a matter of... well look how long it took Shawn Colvin to reach the level that she has. Believe me, that girl has done everything except stand behind the cash register at Tower and take the money.”
“Sex was not worth the wait. After we did it, I was kind of like, that's it?”
“I just love working with actors in general.”
“From American Idol to The Matrix participatory media - where old and new media converge by involving fans - is influencing our culture by creating new forms of interactive storytelling. Yet by enabling people to participate in such various media they can converge as a crowd to alter the story to create new modes of engagement, some not necessarily endorsed by the creator - or the brands that back them.”
“Logos are the bleating of the insecure, desperate for acceptance by the chronically shallow.”
“I've always believed in instinct over intellect. The instinct is what you always knew; intellect is what you figure out.”

Source : Michka Assayas (2006). “Bono”, p.92, Penguin
“I could really care less about the TV and the fame, it's all about that lifetime achievement of becoming a world champion.”
“Is self-esteem a sickness? That's according to the way you define it. In the usual way it is defined by people and by psychologists, I'd say that it is probably the greatest emotional disturbance known to man and woman.”

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