"To be as good as our fathers, we must be better. Imitation is not discipleship. When some one sent a cracked plate to China to have a set made, every piece in the new set had a crack in it."

-- Wendell Phillips

#Father Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Cracks Quotes

“The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness.”
“The harvest of a quiet eye, That broods and sleeps on his own heart.”
“Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”
“A hurt is at the center of all addictive behaviors. . . . The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hiddenâ€”but itâ€™s there. As weâ€™ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain”
“Nobody does ladders like Jeff Hardy.”
“Poetry helps me understand who I am. It helps me understand the world around me. But above all, what poetry has taught me is the fact that I need to embrace mystery in order to be completely human.”
“I'd always envied actors who got to play real people or got to do research. I've always just had these scripts where, I mean not in a bad way, but it was right on the page.”
“There should be a drama series about women trying to figure out their mystery leg bruises.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 02, 2014

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