"Perhaps this is what we mean by sanity: that, whatever our self-admitted eccentricities might be, we are not the villains of our own stories. In fact, it is quite the contrary: we play, and only play, the hero, and in the swirl of other people's stories, insofar as these stories concern us at all, we are never less than heroic."

-- Teju Cole

#Hero Quotes #Mean Quotes #Self Quotes

“Dear young people, the Church depends on you! She needs your lively faith, your creative charity and the energy of your hope. Your presence renews, rejuvenates and gives new energy to the Church.”
“Sometimes you just have things within your team that you have to address, and I think you have to protect your culture a little bit. And sometimes it's sitting a guy down and that's just the way it will always be.”

Source : Source: beachcarolina.com
“Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.”
“I figured that I'm going to bring my own version of Billy Flynn and do my very best with it and let it go.”

Source : Source: www.ebony.com
“I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct.”

Source : Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. April 27, 2001.
“I think a good novel can be a doorstop to despair. I also think the real bravery comes with those who prepared to go through that door and look at the world in all its grime and torment, and still find something of value, no matter how small.”
“In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill would only know three, or at most five, kata.”
“If you can't make yourself understood by your friends, you'll be in trouble when your enemies come for you.”

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