"I wasn't going to let Jerry Sloan embarrass me, because basketball had a proper role in my life. I suspected my basketball philosophy wasn't the bottom line anyway."

-- John Amaechi

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“The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Age is a peculiar kind of thief. It slips up on you and steps inside your skin and is so quiet and methodical in its work that you never realize it has stolen your youth until you look into the mirror one morning and see a man you don't recognize.”

Source : James Lee Burke (2013). “Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel”, p.229, Simon and Schuster
“And If I fly or if I fall, at least I can say I gave it all.”

Source : Song: Sissy That Walk, Album: Born Naked
“Widge can see the past." Poppet says suddenly. "That's why his stories are so good." "The past is easier," Widget says. "It's already there." "In the stars?" Bailey asks. "No." Widget says. "On people. The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it's still there, the events and t hings that pushed you to where you are now.”

Source : Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.203, Random House
“I feel like there is an emphasis against teaching geography in American schools. Americans don't say, "I'm going to Germany." They say, "I'm going to Europe."”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.”
“Actresses feel immense pressure to keep up. Nobody wants someone who doesn't know how to market themselves.”
“We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Together we notice not only each mountain shadow and each stone on the beach but, especially, we notice the beautiful faces and complex natures of each other. We are here to bring to consciousness the beauty and power that are around us and to praise the people who are here with us. We witness our generation and our times. We watch the weather. Otherwise, creation would be playing to an empty house.”

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