"A few months ago I was visiting my mother, and she said that as a child I had always wanted to learn everything, and that it took me a long time to realize that you couldn't learn everything. I got really angry, and I shouted "I'm not done yet!"

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Source : "Boring Answers to Powell's Questions". blog.plover.com. October 19, 2006.

Mark Jason Dominus

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Long Quotes

“Never be so brief as to become obscure.”
“I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.”
“Builders insist that success may never come without a compelling personal commitment to something you care about and would be willing to do with or without counting on wealth, fame, power, or public acceptance as an outcome.”

Source : Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson (2006). “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters”, p.21, Pearson Education
“We hovered above the moment like two rain clouds”
“A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?”
“The only thing I'm afraid of is a life without you, Pigeon.”

Source : Jamie McGuire (2013). “Walking Disaster”, p.239, Simon and Schuster
“We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have ... loyalty and friendship.”
“The greater the battle - the greater the spoils.”

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