"The sorrows and disasters of Europe always brought fortune to America."

-- Stephen Leacock

#America Quotes #Europe Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“I write the things that I find most attractive in women. I like intelligence, I like passion - give me a little fire, be strong, don't be wishy-washy, do the right thing.”
“if you want to achieve immortality, see what you can do about getting yourself turned into a Pentagon program.”
“Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach.”
“Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other.”

Source : Louise Penny (2014). “The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel”, p.277, Macmillan
“You should secretly give from what you have to those in need, so that you receive from God, Who sees in secret, a hundred times more, as well as life eternal in the age to come (cf. Mt. 6:4; Mk. 10:30).”
“Sandy deWitt at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris in Johannesburg, South Africa, taught me to make a decision and stick with it. Every day we're faced with reasons why we shouldn't do good work: it's too scary, too hard to pull off, there's no time, no money, etc. You have to be brave and commit to your choices in the face of adversity. If you waver, nothing will turn out the way you imagined it.”
“You bang that piano real nice.”
“Life is not always good, which is why music exists.”

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