"The ability to absorb a book and make someone else's words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage."

-- Alan King

#Book Quotes #Stories Quotes #Stage Quotes

“Given lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for the United States, he found his patron in Nelson Rockefeller instead of William Paley.”
“Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.”

Source : Imre Lakatos (1978). “Philosophical Papers”
“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way ... people look at reality, then you can change it.”

Source : Jimi Hendrix (2013). “Starting At Zero: His Own Story”, p.230, A&C Black
“For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild; Christ, our God, to Thee we raise this our Sacrifice of grateful praise.”
“Any opportunity to serve in the Church is a blessing.”

Source : Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org
“If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!”

Source : FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 19, 2011
“The humble latrine, or flush toilet, reduces disease by twice as much as just putting in clean water.”
“There are some mosques with facilities for women; it's usually a back room with a back-door entrance.”

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