"Biographers, by their very nature, want to know everything about everybody, dead or alive."

-- Catherine Drinker Bowen

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“Over the years I've learnt to live with two persons in my heart. One is Edson, who has fun with his friends and family; the other is the football player Pele. I didn't want the name. 'Pele' sounds like baby-talk in Portuguese.”
“Goals are harmful unless they guide you to make specific behaviors easier to do. Donâ€™t focus your motivation on doing Behavior X. Instead, focus on making Behavior X easier to do.”
“When I was nine, I played the demon king in "Cinderella" and it launched me on a long and happy life of being a monster.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed.”
“When I play, I'm boiling inside. I just try not to show it because it's a lack of composure, and if you give in to your emotions after one loss, you're liable to have three or four in a row.”
“The ultimate solutions to problems are rational; the process of finding them is not.”
“One of man's basic concerns is a house - a place to find protection from the rain and elements. But a house can be much more than a building. It is the social context of his family life -\-\ the place where he loves and shares with this closest to him.”
“To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoingâ€”the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.”

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