"Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition, was not denied to the Roman slave; and if he had any opportunity of rendering himself either useful or agreeable, he might very naturally expect that the diligence and fidelity of a few years would be rewarded with the inestimable gift of freedom."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Opportunity Quotes #Years Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“People should see your faith. If all you do is talk about your faith and people don't see it, but they ought to see it in the way you treat your family, you treat your friends, you treat your community.”
“If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover.”

Source : Biography/ Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don't be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!”

Source : "The Evolution Of The Spacesuit" by Adam Mann, www.wired.com. October 24, 2011.
“Photography is about freezing a moment in time; McGinley's is about freezing a stage in a lifetime.”
“My architecture is easy to understand. And enjoy. I hope it also is hard to forget.”
“It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself.”
“I would love to spend my whole career in Scan Diego because I accept the challenge of turning this team around.”
“Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.”

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