"I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality."

-- George H. W. Bush

#Thinking Quotes #Fire Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“A performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he fosters is the one and only reality. In such cases we have a sense in which the performer comes to be his own audience; he comes to be performer and observer of the same show. Presumably he introcepts or incorporates the standards he attempts to maintain in the presence of others so that even in their absence his conscience requires him to act in a socially proper way.”
“Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway.”

Source : "Is the American Right ready for Rudy?" by Paul Harris, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2007.
“I think that wealthy white people would like to have a country that resembles the Fifties, when all the minorities were tucked away in ghettos and paid in very low wages but on the surface it was very bright and shiny and free and the rest of the world would look on it longingly.”
“I think the Irish woman was freed from slavery by bingo. They can go out now, dressed up, with their handbags and have a drink and play bingo. And they deserve it.”
“I want to make the most out of the word â€˜fame.â€™ I want to do good things with my fame, or whatever it is. I want to help and do charity work. Thereâ€™s something going on in Chile right now with the water, so I think Iâ€™m going to down there in a month to help out. My grandfather worked with charities his whole entire life, and we grew up living with him. He always told me about the other side of the world and everything thatâ€™s going on.”
“I'm probably just an obnoxious little bollocks. Who cares?”
“Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.”
“It's never been my desire to conquer you, Amelia. If you leave this room with me, it must be at my side. As my wife, my lover, my partner ...â€ His thumb brushed her lip. â€œMy dearest friend.”

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