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“Beauty, it would seem, was both a blessing and a curse.”
Source : Bertrice Small (2012). “Lara”, p.40, HQN Books
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“In looking for my mind, I discovered that it seems to be in many different places. Sometimes it is drinking a glass of water, remembering swimming in the summer, feeling the breeze. In this contemplation I observed that the self is more elusive than I thought.”
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“If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.”
Source : "Bryan Cranston: 'I had to take my character from Mr Chips to Scarface" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2012.
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“The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself. You do not wait for fulfilment, but brace yourself for failure.”
Source : Eugen Herrigel (1964). “Zen”
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“Whatever can be threatened, whatever can be shaken, whatever you fear cannot stand, is destined to crash. Do not go down with the ship. Let that which is destined to become the past slip away. Believe that the real you is that which beckons from the future. If it is a sadder you, it will be a wiser one. And dawn will follow the darkness sooner or later. Rebirth can never come without death.”
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“Don't hate what you don't understand!”
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“Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.”
Source : Joe Louis, Edna Rust, Art Rust (1978). “Joe Louis: My Life”, Harcourt
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“Show yourself a Christian by suffering without murmuring. In patience possess your soul - they lose nothing who gain Christ.”