#Prayer Quotes #Pet Quotes #Prejudice Quotes
“The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.”
“Don't let fear of failure discourage you. Don't let the voice of critics paralyze you - whether that voice comes from the outside or the inside.”
“If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.”
“Personal and collective awakening are one and the same - when a raindrop joins the sea, the sea also merges with the raindrop.”
“If we are ever going to develop an ability to hear from God and be led by His Spirit, we have to start making our own decisions and trust the wisdom God has deposited in our own heart.”
“I think all writers are always collecting characters as we go along. Not just characters of course, we're collecting EVERYTHING. Bits and pieces of story. An interesting dynamic between people. A theme. A great character back story. A cool occupation. The look of someone's eyes. A burning ambition. Hundreds of thousands of bits of flotsam and jetsam that we stick in the back of our minds like the shelves full of buttons and ribbons and fabrics and threads and beads in a costumer's shop.”
Source : "Collecting Character". www.screenwritingtricks.com. March 27, 2009.
“A raintree bent towards a window in one side of the bungalow, eavesdropping on the conversations that had taken place inside over years.”
Source : Tan Twan Eng (2013). “The Garden of Evening Mists”, p.81, Canongate Books
“You can become an alcoholic working in an office in Los Angeles. It's very easy to say because I do this shameful job I take drugs or drink, but the real reason prostitutes take drugs and drink is because prostitution is a party area. It's not about desperation, it's the surroundings.”
Brent Scowcroft Former National Security Advisor
Emily Greene Balch Economist
Frederick Denison Maurice Author
Henry Scott Holland
John Keble Poet
John Mott
Nicholas Breton Poet
Thomas Ken
William Croswell Doane