"...we must be a beacon of hope, because if you tell people there's nothing they can do, they will do worse than nothing."

-- Margaret Atwood

#People Quotes #Beacons Quotes

“By the time I was 11, I wanted to be a comedian. So all those years later, I've managed to achieve my dream as a kid, and it wasn't easy. I'm on the [Hollywood] Walk of Fame and I'm one of the 25 most influential Hispanics in America, according to Time Magazine. I think my duty is to go back and tell kids, 'Whatever color you are, wherever you come from, anything and everything is possible.' And I'm living proof.”

Source : "'This Is A Big Deal': Sen. Amy Klobuchar On Hillary Clinton". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. June 7, 2016.
“I don't think I'll ever be president of anything.”

Source : Hoagy Carmichael, Stephen Longstreet (1999). “The Stardust Road & Sometimes I Wonder: The Autobiography of Hoagy Carmichael”
“It's often necessary to hit a second shot to really appreciate the first one.”
“I couldn't decide on a title for my first novel and my editor came up with Everything Good Will Come. After that, I thought I should name my own books.A Bit of Difference seems just right.”
“Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!”
“With six small diamonds for his eyes He walks upon the summer skies, Drawing from his silken blouse The lacework of his dwelling house.”
“In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.”
“Will was making a speech, something about having been young and careless once, the sort of thing old-timers said when they issued a deathblow, as if they thought their sanctimonious ramblings disguised as empathy would be welcomed, but Evie was only half listening.”

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