"Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? Itâ€™s through the hardships you endure that youâ€™ll gain real strength."

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Source : Gail Tsukiyama (2007). “The Street of a Thousand Blossoms”, p.178, Macmillan

Gail Tsukiyama

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“Hold your tongue if you'd like to keep it." - Jaques”
“Abraham Lincoln suggested never presume to know what God's will is, and I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words.”
“When I look out at the audience at some of our shows, I think we are reaching a younger audience... I see lots of people in their 30s and 40s, but I also see a lot of people in their young and middle teens, and thats definitely reassuring.”
“I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.”
“The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.”
“If you cannot be great, be willing to serve God in that which is small. If you cannot do great things for Him, cheerfully do little ones. If you cannot be an Aaron to serve at the altar, or a Moses to guide the tribes, consent to be "a little maid" to Xaaman the Syrian, for the honor of God's prophets, or a little child, for Christ's sake, to be set by Him in the midst of the people, as an illustration of the sweetness of humility.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 123, 1895.
“Is the Church inimical to science? Growing up as a Catholic and a scientist - I don't see it. One truth is revealed truth, the other is scientific truth. If you really believe that creation is good, there can be no harm in studying science. The more we learn about creation - the way it emerged - it just adds to the glory of God. Personally, I've never seen a conflict.”
“My parents argued more than I remembered, about money and all the little things that disguise the truth that you are still arguing about money.”

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