"I was disappointed over my dismissal, given that it was at a crucial stage of the game and I had worked very hard to get to that point,."

-- Ricky Ponting

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“I'm not a - I'm beautiful, but I'm not working because I'm drop-dead gorgeous with a fantastic body. I think I continue to work because I'm good at my craft. I'm dedicated to bringing to life what the author is trying to portray. I try to make the producers cry and the crew laugh.”

Source : "True Blood Actress Adina Porter: On Grief, Dedication, and Balance". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago, and a flute.”
“Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival.”

Source : Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (1991). “The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987”, p.171, New Directions Publishing
“The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.”

Source : Steven Biko (1979). “Steve Biko: Black Consciousness in South Africa”, Vintage
“Why can't I believe? she asked the darkness. Behind her eyelids she saw an animal. It was golden colour, with gentle green eyes and canine teeth, and curly wool instead of fur. It opened its mouth, but it did not speak. Instead, it yawned.It gazed at her. She gazed at it. "You are the effect of a carefully calibrated blend of plant toxins," she told it.Then she fell asleep.”
“Who needs make-believe monsters when there are so many real ones.”
“You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming.”
“Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable.”

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