"Young people are growing in plain sight, there is no place for them to hide, no cocoon. Itâ€™s hard"

-- Rachel Vail

#Sight Quotes #People Quotes #Cocoons Quotes

“It is the folly of weak-minded people, to imagine they are what flattery or conceit represents them; and that it is useless for them to be what they are not, since they seem already to have acquired the reputation of it.”
“It has become the custom in our country to expect all Chief Executives, from the President down, to conduct activities analogous to an entertainment bureau. No occasion is too trivial for its promoters to invite them to attend and deliver an address.”
“Yeah, I think it motivates you as people start to count you out. It doesn't make you play any harder, because every time you go out on the field you give 110 percent, but it does give you more of an edge mentally, knowing that you were in the same situation, because in sports you always find yourself behind.”

Source : "Joe Montana discusses SF Giants, 49ers quarterback". Interview with Brian Murphy, Paul McCaffrey, www.sfgate.com. August 27, 2011.
“Tis within ourselves that we are thus or thus”
“I'm a lot different in my career since that interview. To have someone like Diplo tweet "Cakes' album is really cool" is cool, but in the same breath I still like what I do without anyone's approval. It's still good music.”
“It appears that anything you say about the way that theory and experiment may interact is likely to be correct, and anything you say about the way that theory and experiment must interact is likely to be wrong.”
“A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.”

Source : "Sand: The Never-ending Story". Book by Michael Welland, p. 30, 2009.

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