"Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity."

-- Randy Pausch

#Opportunity Quotes #Preparation Quotes #Luck Quotes

“I think everyone's a geek in some way.”
“If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny scar at the upper left corner of her lip from which protrudes one grey whiskerâ€”you will make up the rest of her face with absolute clarity. If I tell you my character is waiting in a car, you wonâ€™t be â€˜caught,â€™ but if I tell you he pushes his fingers down in the crack of the car seat where the ancient leather has pulled away from the seat frame, and pulls up a small coin purse with a faded note in itâ€”you will be mine.”

Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.79, Oxford University Press, USA
“It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. . . .”
“I do know that all of the Michigan delegation worked very hard as related to the revival of the auto industry. There was really a choice between bankruptcy and liquidation. There was no one that was willing to come up not only with the cash to keep them afloat but also to serve the warranties of everyone, you and I that drive all these cars. There was no one that could have picked up those pieces other than the federal government. [The auto bailout was] bipartisan from the get-go. [Without it,] Michigan would have hit 40 percent unemployment rates.”
“The Supreme Court dealt a huge blow, overturning a 100-year-old precedent that basically corporations couldnâ€™t give directly to political campaigns. And everyone is up in arms because they donâ€™t like it. The Federal Election Commission canâ€™t do anything about it.”

Source : House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, www.washingtonpost.com. March 6, 2014.
“No other creative field is as closed to those who are not white and male as is the visual arts. After I decided to be an artist, the first thing that I had to believe was that I, a black woman, could penetrate the art scene, and that, further, I could do so without sacrificing one iota of my blackness or my femaleness or my humanity.”
“My thing about camp is to come in and be who I am, which is the most dominant player in the game, That's who I am, and that's what I'm here for.”
“The look of experience suited him, especially because somewhere deep in those eyes, there still lurked a dangerous invitation to play. He had a quality of masculine confidence that was a thousand times more potent than mere handsomeness. Perfect goodlooks could leave you cold, but this kind of sexy charisma went straight to your knees. -Haven Travis”

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