"Don't look for the next opportunity, the one you have in hand is the opportunity"

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Source : "It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be". Book by Paul Arden, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 1, 2003.

Paul Arden

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“What's wrong with "the new elite?" Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the "new elite" is that they're not an elite at all. That is, they aren't particularly smart, or competent.”
“Belgarath and Garion effortlessly hurdled over the driftwood and loped off into the fog. "It's going to be a wet day," Garion noted soundlessly as he ran alongside the great silver wolf. "Your fur won't melt." "I know, but my paws get cold when they're wet." "I'll have Durnik make you some little booties." "That would be absolutely ridiculous, Grandfather," Garion said indignantly.”
“We are not only gregarious animals, liking to be in sight of our fellows, but we have an innate propensity to get ourselves noticed, and noticed favorably, by our kind.”
“Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.”
“To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure.”

Source : Sei Shōnagon (1967). “The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon”
“Heartbreak could be lived with if it weren't accompanied by regret.”

Source : Laura Kasischke (2011). “The Raising”, p.178, Atlantic Books Ltd
“In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.”
“It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.”

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