"I had to run away from home in order to be a musician. Because I came from a family of... my father was a health inspector; my mother was a social worker. And I was pretty smart in school. So they expected me to be some kind of academic - schoolteacher, or doctor, lawyer - and they were very disappointed when I told them I wanted to be a musician."

-- Hugh Masekela

#Mother Quotes #Running Quotes #Father Quotes

“Never surrender opportunity to security.”
“The most dangerous country for the U.S. now is Pakistan. ... We haven't been this vulnerable since the British burned Washington in 1814.”
“Friends and family matter most during hard times.”

Source : Liz Miller (2010). “Mood Mapping: Plot your way to emotional health and happiness”, p.186, Pan Macmillan
“Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.”
“The only advice I can give those who want to sell thei films is to surround yourself with people who are friends and people who believe in you and your material and who are going to help you take it to the next level. It doesn't mean you don't listen to criticism but you listen to it and edit it and you figure out what you can take.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“In business, people are held accountable. In Washington, nobody is held accountable. In business, people are judged on results. In Washington, people are measured by their ability to get reelected.”

Source : Ross Perot (1992). “United We Stand: How We Can Take Back Our Country”
“You dont live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have.”
“The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children.”

Source : Benjamin Spock, Robert Needlman (2012). “Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 9th Edition”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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