"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

#Inspirational Quotes #Encouraging Quotes #Spiritual Quotes

“Through F1, I bought my own boat. I learned to fly my own plane and helicopter. And my job with my company is a reflection of everything motor racing taught me.”
“(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.”

Source : "Disgrace". Book by J. M. Coetzee, 2000.
“And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you this: you'll still be wrong, but you'll be wrong with a lot more panache and flair than you could possibly manage right now.”

Source : Ben Goldacre (2008). “Bad Science”, p.7, HarperCollins UK
“Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.”
“In part, it's almost surely a failure of modern education, whether K through 12 or higher education, or really both. Barack Obama went to Ivy League institutions like Columbia, which are reputed to be among America's top colleges. And yet, this very recent product of those American institutions is not publicly articulating an appreciation of the American founding or the founders and their vision for America.”
“I'm permanent you can't erase me”

Source : Song: Aftertaste, Album: Handwritten, 2015
“Everyone is the same for the first two minutes, everyone has a chance to win, but after that you start to seperate physically and mentally.”
“Despite all the wonderful advances that have been made, it's still dangerous for an actor to talk about that in our extremely misguided culture. Look at what happened in California with Proposition 8. Please, don't pretend that we're suddenly all wonderfully, blissfully accepted.”

Source : "Richard Chamberlain Advises Other Gay Actors: Stay in the Closet" by Bryan Alexander, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 27, 2010.

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