"WE ARE ALL TRAPPED in our own way of thinking, trapped in our own way of relating to people. We get so used to seeing the world our way that we come to think that the world is the way we see it."

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Source : Brian Grazer, Charles Fishman (2015). “A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

Brian Grazer

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“Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge must be pursued for its own sake and please, please stop me wanting to beat Verena Plackett in the exams.' She prayed hard and she meant what she said. But God was busy that autumn as the International Brigade came back, defeated, from Spain, Hitler's bestialities increased, and sparrows everywhere continued to fall.”

Source : Eva Ibbotson (2008). “The Morning Gift”, p.126, Pan Macmillan
“Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.”
“Music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated â€” as good rock â€™nâ€™ roll did â€” challenged me to do the same, and so, even when the content was antiwoman, antisexual, in a sense antiÂhuman, the form encouraged my struggle for liberation.”
“When you can clearly see yourself being there, you can see much more clearly how to get there. You can imagine the path to your dreams, and then start to actually walk it. Play an active role in your own future. Imagine with passion and detail how you'd most like it to be.”
“The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through?”

Source : Simone Weil (1973). “Waiting for God”
“A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true.”
“It wouldn't happen... There hasn't been one publication by a monkey”
“He wondered what the years had done to his face as he traced the effects on hers. Eyes the same blue-lit green, but where mischievous joy once danced, now he saw sadness, deep as the ocean. Her cheeks were thinner. There was something else too: the arrogant pride of a princess seemed to be extinct. Yet the indefinable, untamed quality of her spirit remained. Yes, it was Torina.”

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