"I have a great faith in the strength and the resilience in the American people."

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Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

David Halberstam

#People Quotes #Resilience Quotes

“When you are constantly hearing offensive words and always have some irritating matter in mind, only then do you have a whetstone for character development. If you hear only what pleases you, and deal only with what thrills you, then you are burying your life in deadly poison.”
“One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it.”

Source : Ernst Hans Gombrich (1978). “The Story of Art”
“Toy Story 1, 2, and 3, to us, are some of the greatest films ever made, and each is better than the one before it. But if you go to Toy Story 6, they all end up decomposing in a trash heap somewhere.”

Source : Source: munchies.vice.com
“That is why I come forward tonight without any political label, without any bias, but just simply as an Englishman to say to you: a crime is being committed against civilization.”
“Oh God, you know what would be really good for me is a dog locater - it would save me the hours that I have to spend looking for my dog.”
“I've been so lazy all my life. I used to literally lie on the couch, up until the age of 35, fearing that my bones were dissolving like sugar cubes, from disuse.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Neither said anything while they embraced. Sometimes words didn't go far enough, the vessels of letters and the ladles of grammar incapable of holding the heart's sentiments.”
“Gratitude is like a flashlight. It lights up what is already there. You don't necessarily have anything more or different, but suddenly you can actually see what it is. And because you can see, you no longer take it for granted.”

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