"All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse."

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Eric Linklater

“Nobody has any right to tell you what you aren't capable of. If you're meant to, you're able to. There is no such thing as impossible.”
“'Cartoonists' dirty secret is that we tend to come up with stories that involve things that are really fun to draw.”

Source : "Black and white and bloody" by Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2005.
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.”

Source : Quoted in Reader's Digest, May 1936
“I want to be identified with the negro; until he gets his rights, we shall never have ours.”
“See yourself as you really are. Listen to what none of your leaders and representatives dares tell you: You are a "little, common man." Understand the double meaning of these words: "little" and "common." Don't run. Have the courage to look at yourself!”
“A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight that sets the leader apart from the crowd. It is his courage to act and speak up when everyone else is silent....are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.”
“The au pair was bug-eyed. "What happened back there?" "It's not our fault!" Dan babbled. "Those guys are crazy! They're like mini-Darth Vaders without the mask!" "They're Benedictine monks!" Nellie exclaimed. "They're men of peace! Most of them are under vows of silence!" "Yeah, well, not anymore," Dan told her. "They cursed us out pretty good. I don't know the language, but some things you don't have to translate.”

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