"I like to think I opened doors for other women, although that wasn't my original intention."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Diahann Carroll

#Thinking Quotes #Doors Quotes #Intention Quotes

“Today there are a huge number of think tanks working on poverty-related issues; there are books written on the topic; and university centers being created to study poverty. But, at the same time, the media has a terribly hard time with this issue; it's very hard to convince editors and publishers to devote resources to complex investigations of the lives of America's poor. And, as a result, too often poverty is portrayed in stereotypes, in sound bites, in a few pat images rather than in its full Technicolor complexity and diversity.”
“Serving God doesnâ€™t mean weâ€™ll no longer have difficulties. Weâ€™re still on the battlefield, but we donâ€™t have to fight alone.”
“He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was also his journey to accept the strangeness of others.”

Source : "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - review" by Alfred Hickling, www.theguardian.com. April 6, 2012.
“More than rich, more than famous, more than happy...I wanted to be great.”

Source : "Bruce Springsteen Is Turning 65 Today! Here's What He's Taught Me About Love" by Carla Ciccone, www.glamour.com. September 23, 2014.
“I’ve always liked edges, places where one thing becomes another…… transition zones, boundaries and borderlands. I like the mixing that happens, the juxtapositions, the collisions and connections. I like the way they help me see the world from a fresh angle.”

Source : Philip Connors (2011). “Fire Season: Field notes from a wilderness lookout”, p.124, Pan Macmillan
“Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.”
“It is not a victory unless you say `JumanjiÂ´.”
“Before the beginning of brilliance, there must be great chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.”

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