"You learn the most when youâ€™re out on the edge."

-- Jim Whittaker

“Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.”
“The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. It is the use we make of our faculties which renders them valuable.”
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
“Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice.”
“Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction.”
“The deep art... That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money... Like a dope addict would his dope... Like a lover with their love.”
“I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of!”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.”

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