"In childhood the daylight always fails too soon -- except when there are going to be fireworks;"

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Source : Jan Struther (1942). “Mrs. Miniver”, p.8, Prabhat Prakashan

Jan Struther

#Childhood Quotes #Daylight Quotes #Failing Quotes

“I went to school, and I remember that you had to do these tests to find out what set you're in - how clever you are. I put down "Kit Harington," and they looked at me like I was completely stupid, and they said, "No, you're Christopher Harington, I'm afraid." It was only then I learnt my actual name. That was kind of a bizarre existential crisis for an 11-year-old to have, but in the end I always stuck with Kit, because I felt that's who I was. I'm not really a "Chris."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.”
“I think being a guest star on an ongoing TV show can be a nightmare, and I've done it a lot. You're walking into this family who's very comfortable where they are, and you have to jump on the train and be artificially comfortable. That's a very hard thing to do.”
“The important thing is to dare to dream big, then take action to make it come true.”
“To be sure, [NASCAR] stars were initially ex-bootleggers for the most part drawn from that talent pool in the Carolinas hills: "good ol' boys" as they referred to themselves. That's exactly how they would be described in the press that slowly became enamored with their raucous life style. That has all changed, with the drivers of today polished and clean-cut athletes who are expected to behave like commercial puppets in public.”
“No fear of forgetting the good-humoured faces that meet us in our walks each day.”

Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.11
“Listening to someone talk isn't at all like listening to their words played over on a machine. What you hear when you have a face before you is never what you hear when you have before you a winding tape.”
“The greatest determinant of greatness is going to be our ability to collaborate with others who have pieces of the puzzle we don't.”

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