"It always bothers me to see people writing RIP when a person dies. It just feels soÂ insincereÂ and like a cop out. To me, RIP is the microwave dinner of posthumous honours."

-- Lou Reed

#Rip Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“What you intuitively desire, that is possible to you.”
“It is only when your awareness reaches the heart that great progress from your practice is possible.”
“The only thing on my mind now is getting that World Series ring.”

Source : "This date in '86: Gary Carter's big day" by Mark Simon, www.espn.com. October 22, 2011.
“I feel that if I had not had an art program in my school, I would have failed in a big way. My teachers knew I was intelligent, but they didn't quite know how I was ever going to apply that intelligence. The one or two teachers who knew me well knew that it would be through drawing or acting or whatever means of expression I was allowed.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all too much loaded with finery and ornaments, to make on me at least, the intended impression.”

Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.55, BoD – Books on Demand
“I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply.”
“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.”
“In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship. You have to say, "Well, we're sailing to the left and not to the right." But, you always have to listen to everyone, because I'm not always right and other people have great ideas, too. I think that makes great moviemaking.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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