"Heroism is endurance for one moment more."

-- George F. Kennan

#Hero Quotes #Endurance Quotes #Moments Quotes

“Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.”
“Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.”
“You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.”
“Mirroring behavior. When a mark takes a drink from his water glass, so should you. When he smiles, so should you. Keep it subtle, rather than creepy, and itâ€™s a good technique.”
“There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications.”
“I'm going to go with ZZ Top -- they're my faves . . . because of the whole thing that they do with the guitars and the old Father Time beards.”
“The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off - and they are nearly always doing it.”

Source : Frances Hodgson Burnett, General Press (2016). “The Secret Garden (Illustrated Edition)”, p.52, GENERAL PRESS
“I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.”

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