"There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart."

-- Benjamin Disraeli

#Friendship Quotes #Memories Quotes #Heart Quotes

“I think being mean to people in high school is healthy. It's sort of like you're in this situation with all these other kids and sometimes you need to get your aggression out. And if you'd had people be mean to you before, it really does build character.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There was a time when one looked over one's shoulder with an ironical smile at the photographer and when photography as a profession seemed almost invariably a target for ridicule. That time is now over.”
“Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.”
“If it was wise, manly, and patriotic for us to establish a free government, it is equally wise to attend to the necessary means of its preservation.”
“An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.”
“Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.”
“In historical fact, all of history's despots, combined, never managed to get things done as well as this rambunctious, self-critical civilization of free and sovereign citizens, who have finally broken free of worshipping a ruling class and begun thinking for themselves. Democracy can seem frustrating and messy at times, but it delivers.”

Source : David Brin, Matthew Woodring Stover (2013). “Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time”, p.48, BenBella Books, Inc.
“Every hour of every day, at every level in every organization, influential people succeed and non-influential people don't,”

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