"Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents."

-- William Gilmore Simms

#Firsts Quotes #Talent Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“Something amazing happens when we surrender and just love. We melt into another world, a realm of power already within us. The world changes when we change. the world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world.”
“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”
“I played lacrosse for a hot second, but I was mainly a swimmer - captain of my swim team.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I ask people who don't fly, "How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can fly?"”
“I just look at what's going on in the world.”
“Love is like the little red toy wagon you get for your Christmas or your sixth birthday. It makes you deliriously happy and you just can't leave it alone. But sooner or later the wheels come off. Then you leave it in a corner and forget it. Falling in love is great. Being in love is a disaster”
“I had a hockey puck and stick-the only ones in town. I definitely would have played hockey ahead of football, had it been available.”
“The second world war claimed tens of millions of victims”

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