"Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature"

-- Nadine Gordimer

#Human Nature Quotes #Worst Quotes #Written Word Quotes

“People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.”
“Not everybody, however, has a genuine sense of humor. That calls for an altruistic detachment from oneself and a mysterious sympathy with others which is felt even before they open their mouths. Only the person who has also a gift for affection can have a true sense of humor. A good laugh is a sign of love; it may be said to give us a glimpse of, or a first lesson in, the love that God bears for every one of us.”

Source : Karl Rahner (1973). “Belief today: three theological meditations”, Sheed & Ward Ltd
“Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all... Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot--or if you do not know how to improve on things--then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.”
“You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman.”
“I'm human -- all I do is try to do my job. When I don't do it, the way it happened today, it's out of my control. He put the ball in play and it happened to find a hole. I wish I could take it back, but I can't. You move on.”
“Danger is an aphrodisiac.”
“Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective.”

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