"I've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make use of that gift. It's very important that you don't let the muscle get flabby. It's really hard, as an old human being, to press as much weight as you pressed when you were a kid."

-- Merle Haggard

#Kids Quotes #Writing Quotes #Important Quotes

“My favourite British spots are any of the beautiful parks, especially on a sunny day such as this, after a long stretch of cold, cloudy and rainy days.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.”

Source : Robert Baden-Powell, Elleke Boehmer (2005). “Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship”, p.20, Oxford University Press
“That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant. Writers phone. Writers sleep. I have met very few writers who write at all.”

Source : Renata Adler (2013). “Speedboat”, p.30, New York Review of Books
“When characters are drifting away from the "correct road", or in fact from any road they were supposed to follow, they lose control, they find other goals...and possibly their real selves. All these moments of changes, of self-questioning, are like an engine to the films I make - that's where lie the dynamics I'm interested in as a director.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon”
“Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries Ebola had lurked in the jungles of central Africa. Its emergence into human populations required the special assistance of humanity's greatest vices : greed, corruption, arrogance, tyranny, and callousness.”

Source : Laurie Garrett (2003). “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health”, p.53
“What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts are fertile ground, those seeds of love and outrage will grow into a revolution.”

Source : "US eco-activist Tim DeChristopher speaks out from prison". www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2011.
“Some of my competitors overlook the importance of knowing as much as possible about their opponents, but I think that it is an invaluable asset that I have gained from working.”

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