"The victims of injustice in our world do not need our spasms of passion; they need our long obedience in the same direction - our legs and lungs of endurance; And we need sturdy stores of joy."

-- Gary Haugen

#Passion Quotes #Our World Quotes #Long Quotes

“If I ever wrote a book on preaching, it would contain three words: Preach the Word. Get rid of all the other stuff that gets you sidetracked; preach the Word.”
“But I love filmmaking - I'm not ashamed of that. You're sort of vilified if you say that in England.”
“Each of us, deep down, believes that the whole world issues from his own precious body, like images projected from a tiny slide onto an earth-sized screen. And then, deeper down, each of us knows he's wrong.”
“I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.”
“I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The world is a library of strange and wonderful books, and sometimes we just need to go prowling through the stacks.”

Source : Michael Dirda (2007). “Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life”, p.116, Macmillan
“I know the outer world as well as you do, and I judge it. You know nothing of my inner world, and yet you presume to judge that world.”
“The reader's ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, imaginary sounds of the written word. An ordinary reader picking up a book can't yet hear a thing; it will take half an hour to pick up the writing's modulations, its ups and downs and louds and softs.”

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