"Obviously we don't have 300 million people. We haven't got a big army. We don't have Hollywood. We're a medium small-sized country. We have to do what medium small-sized countries do, which-even though we're not smarter than other people-is to make ourselves seem to be smarter. We have to work harder and know more than other people."

-- John Ralston Saul

#Country Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Army Quotes

“I feel it most in my work, because there aren't roles about women who are spiritually evolving. That anyone would even write something like that, something that's worth doing, would be a miracle!”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.”
“People hit the sauce in a big way all winter. Amidst blizzards they wrestle unsuccessfully with the dark comedy of their lives, laughter trapped in their frigid gizzards. Meanwhile, the mercury just plummets, like a migrating duck blasted out of the sky by some hunter in a cap with fur earflaps.”

Source : Amy Gerstler (2000). “Medicine”, p.75, Penguin
“But you certainly don't have perspective. And there's so much pressure going into that opening night because you know there's journalists, tons of acquisitions people, and the fate of your film in some ways, if not decided, is really affected by how it screens that night.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be”
“My library card. Every hurdle I've faced, I have researched my way over at a library. I'm grateful for that part of the American spirit that believes every citizen should have access to books.”
“Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music.”
“Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.”

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