"The constants that I look for are a love of light and a determination to trace some moral chain of being."

-- John Cheever

#Determination Quotes #Light Quotes #Looks Quotes

“The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection.”

Source : Nicholas Ray (1993). “I Was Interrupted: Nicholas Ray on Making Movies”, p.28, Univ of California Press
“There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers”
“There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye.”
“JIBO isn't an appliance, it's a companion, one that can interact and react with its human owners in ways that delight instead of disturb.”
“Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they influence.”
“The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what we know. Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, at most, wet our ankles. The water seems inviting. The ocean calls.”
“Literacy is much more than an educational priority - it is the ultimate investment in the future and the first step towards all the new forms of literacy required in the twenty-first century. We wish to see a century where every child is able to read and to use this skill to gain autonomy.”
“Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men.”

Source : Thomas Hughes (1857). “School Days at Rugby”, p.199

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