"Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they're heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy."

-- Bob Seger

#Book Quotes #Captains Quotes #Heroic Quotes

“There are two miracles in Canadian history. The first is the survival of French Canada, and the second is the survival of Canada.”
“But I put my life on the line to save animals.”
“I make more movies than I see.”
“Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.”
“That's what courage is. Taking your disappointments and your failures, your guilt and your shame, all the wounds received and inflicted, and sinking them in the past. Starting again. Damning yesterday and facing tomorrow with your head held high. Times change. It's those that see it coming, and plan for it, and change themselves to suit, that prosper.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2015). “The Great Leveller: Best Served Cold, The Heroes and Red Country”, p.1336, Hachette UK
“I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.”

Source : "Listen, learn ... then lead". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2011.
“They (ACS) lie like scoundrels.”
“I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.”

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