"It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me."

-- Lauren DeStefano

#Teacher Quotes #Writing Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“He [Jesus] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his obedience cancelled their disobedience. On the other hand, he bound the strong one and freed the weak and bestowed salvation on his handiwork by abolishing sin. For he is our compassionate and merciful Lord who loves mankind ... Had not man conquered man's adversary, the enemy would not have been conquered justly. Again, had it not been God who bestowed salvation we would not possess it securely.”
“I expect them to tell me things about myself I don't know...”

Source : Bohumil Hrabal (1992). “Too Loud a Solitude”, p.8, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.”

Source : j.d. salinger (1961). “franny and zooey”
“The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it.”

Source : "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The Gift)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2001.
“Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“As a woman who works in a male-dominated business - Hollywood, definitely, being one of them - I instinctually knew what that is like. You have to be strong and take care of yourself.”
“I think also of my colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands, and feel that in some measure I am here as a representative of our small, informal, international fraternity.”
“What if someone hurts you with a weapon? Wait. Think it over. You probably feel angry. That's normal. But wasn't it the stick striking your body that hurt you? Can you be angry at the stick? Of course not. Should you be angry at the wielder of the stick? Wouldn't it make more sense to be angry at the hatred in the mind of the stick wielder? If you think about it, isn't the end of hatred in the world what you want most of all? Why, then, would you add to it by giving energy to your anger? After all, it will pass on its own if left alone, especially if you respond to it with compassion.”

Source : Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. (2007). “Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness”, p.96, Ballantine Books

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