"When you look at the accomplishments of accomplished people and you say, 'Boy, that must have been really hard,'...that was probably hard. And conversely, when you look at something that looks easy, that was probably hard. And so you're never going to know which is which until you actually go out and do it."

-- Pierre Omidyar

#Boys Quotes #Accomplishment Quotes #People Quotes

“Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.”

Source : Tara Brach (2012). “Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame”, p.207, Random House
“The only self-consciousness in the film [Dream of Life] is anyone's natural shyness.”
“Intuition is neither a feeling, an inspiration nor a disorderly sympathy but a fully developed method.”
“It's extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol right now.”
“Whatever you are, whatever gifts you end up getting, youâ€™ll find that time will make those changes less scary as well.”
“The evening sky was streaked with purple, the color of torn plums, and a light rain had started to fall when I came to the end of the blacktop road that cut through twenty miles of thick, almost impenetrable scrub oak and pine and stopped at the front gate of Angola penitentiary.”
“There are always principles to be depended upon in this matter of taxation ... Amidst the inconsistent, the bewildering representations offered, a certain number must be in accordance with true principles ...”
“International football is one clog further up the football ladder”

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