"Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it."

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Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.103, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Gary D. Schmidt

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“I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.”
“There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.”
“I'm a reasonable guy, but I've just experienced some very unreasonable things...”
“Painting completed my life.”
“When I was growing up I actually was into Bon Jovi!”
“I have seen humility in many of the finest leaders I have met the world over. And indeed, it is embodied in the warm, engaging and quintessentially successful spirit of Sir Richard Branson.”
“Across all of the universe of creative lying, whether you believe in the art of it or the entertainment of it, or both, a certain foundation in the basics allows you to kind of jump out into the unknown.”
“I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

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