"If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid."

-- Pete Fountain

#Taken Quotes #Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“If you love your children, if you love your country, if you love the God of love, clear your hands from slaves, burden not your children or your country with them.”
“...love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That's love, you see. It is redemptive...”
“When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.”
“Life is about challenges and how we face up to them and the attitude we take into every day life so hopefully we'll be able to motivate people to do more with their life.”
“My mother was very sympathetic. She was the one who really gave me the courage to take my freedom.”
“Contrary to the cliche', genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it.”
“It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.
“Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.'”

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