"Impatience translates itself into a desire to have something immediate done about it all, and, as is generally the case with impatience, resolves itself in the easiest way that lies ready to hand."

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Source : Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1985). “Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality”, p.111, Univ of California Press

Edward Sapir

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“I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.”
“There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because we cannot put on clothes that don't fit us.”

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“Wow,” says Peter, “when your guidance counselor tells you to die, you really have problems.”

Source : Adam Selzer (2010). “I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It”, p.120, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Iâ€™ve never loved anyone the way I love you,â€ he whispered. â€œLucky them.”
“God's guidance is almost always step-by-step; He does not show us our life's plan all at once. Sometimes our anxiousness to know the will of God comes from a desire to peer over God's shoulder to see what His plan is. What we need to do is learn to trust Him to guide us.”
“NEVER GIVE UP No matter what is going on Never give up Develop the heart Too much energy in your country Is spent developing the mind Instead of the heart Be compassionate Not just to your friends But to everyone Be compassionate Work for peace In your heart and in the world Work for peace And I say again Never give up No matter what is going on around you Never give up”
“We're part of each other's lives. We're in each other's stories.”
“It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty, and intelligence.”

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