"We are living at an important and fruitful moment now, for it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by the popular culture are worn out; a man can no longer depend on them. By the time a man is thirty-five he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life."

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Source : Robert Bly (2015). “Iron John: A Book about Men”, p.7, Da Capo Press

Robert Bly

#Life Quotes #School Quotes #Men Quotes

“I've tried to stay out of the frame more as a director.”
“The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road.”
“The model is just one element of the photograph. There's also the location, the light - all that junk. It helps if the girl is really good-looking, but a girl can be not super good-looking and it'd still be a really good photograph. I ask people to send some photos of where they live if that's where I'm shooting. I go for shabby places over too-nice places, because most of these girls are going to look better if they're not made to look rich.”
“American Journalism is deadâ€¦ They have behaved like hockey goalies in front of Barack Obamaâ€™s net.”
“Be fascinated instead of frustrated.”
“Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself. Remember that.”

Source : Ben Mikaelsen (2010). “Touching Spirit Bear”, p.19, Harper Collins
“Fans of different races, castes, ethnicities and religions who together celebrate their diversity by uniting for a common national cause. They are my foundation, they are my family. I will play my cricket for them. Their spirit is the true spirit of cricket. With me are all my people. I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan”

Source : "The Spin's cricket moments of 2011" by Andy Bull, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2011.
“One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.”

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