"We think about mortality so little, these days, except to flail hysterically at it with trendy forms of exercise and high-fiber cereals and nicotine patches."

-- Tana French

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“Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.”
“I was working with actors who were very easy to work with, but I can just imagine how, with all the other decision-making problems that come up along the way, in addition to that, the whole point of what your doing is following performance and character development. You're building your story with those building blocks, and it is not easy. I've only come out with more respect for directors, from this.”
“You can teach what you know, but you can only reproduce what you are.”
“You always have to give 100%,because if you don't someone, somewhere will give 100% and they will beat you when you meet.”
“Under the desert sun, in the dogmatic clarity, the fables of theology and the myths of classical philosophy dissolve like mist. The air is clean, the rock cuts cruelly into flesh; shatter the rock and the odor of flint rises to your nostrils, bitter and sharp. Whirlwinds dance across the salt flats, a pillar of dust by day; the thornbush breaks into flame at night. What does it mean? It means nothing. It is as it is and has no need for meaning. The desert lies beneath and soars beyond any possible human qualification. Therefore, sublime.”
“For my prom I really wanted to wear a bright color - something that was going to pop and stand out.”
“Being a person of prayer is the most important calling in oneâ€™s life.”

Source : Mike Bickle (2014). “Growing in Prayer”, p.16, Charisma Media
“Health is the greatest of God's gifts, but we take it for granted; yet it hangs on a thread as fine as a spider's web and the tiniest thing can make it snap, leaving the strongest of us helpless in an instant.”

Source : Jennifer Worth (2005). “Shadows of the workhouse”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson

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