"I'm a soldier who didn't know how nasty the battle was going to be, and now, I've got a purple heart and I'm back."

-- Robert Downey, Jr.

#Heart Quotes #Purple Quotes #Soldier Quotes

“It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can make anyone happy or miserable. Compare it to something better - result envy, frustration and sadness. Compare it to something worse - relief, gratitude and happiness.”
“There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream.”
“One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.”
“Poetry affords us a respite in which we may gather renewed strength for the old struggle to adapt ourselves to reality.”
“Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.”
“The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son”
“You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.”

Source : Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.117, Vintage
“I had always planned when I started directing in 1970 that after a few years I'd get tired of looking at myself on the screen and say: "Hey, let's not do that any more." But then every once in a while something pops up. I'm not saying it won't happen again but probably the odds get less as you set yourself for roles that fit your age group.”

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