"Making mistakes is how you learn."

-- Tony Benn

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“It was so satisfying for me - a great reward, just to see it done well. And it was beautifully directed by my daughter Susan Riskin. Imagine, a play about my mother directed by my daughter?!”
“Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.”
“Mathematics is not arithmetic. Though mathematics may have arisen from the practices of counting and measuring it really deals with logical reasoning in which theorems-general and specific statements-can be deduced from the starting assumptions. It is, perhaps, the purest and most rigorous of intellectual activities, and is often thought of as queen of the sciences.”
“The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.”
“I heard this wonderful quote - "Only the brave show what they love." It's so-embarrassing to approach somebody and say you want to look at them. But without that risk taking, nothing can happen, so I have to make myself vulnerable. What I think is the unifying aspect in people that I like is that they have a sense of their own vulnerability, and I respond to that.”
“That the stars are adamant everyone understandsâ€” but I wonâ€™t give up seeking joy on each blue wave or peace below every gray stone.”
“You're no longer fighting God, trying to make Him do what you want. You're accepting what happens, and your main prayer transforms into one that asks God for nothing more than understanding and perhaps strength to endure.”

Source : Amy Welborn (2002). “Prove It! Prayer”, p.37, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing
“The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy.”

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