"Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That is the real hole the Dodgers filled in my life."

-- Gil Hodges

#Children Quotes #Real Quotes #Hard Work Quotes

“At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.”

Source : Autobiography by Paul Nurse, www.nobelprize.org. 2001.
“I think you must remember that a writer is a simple-minded person to begin with and go on that basis. He's not a great mind, he's not a great thinker, he's not a great philosopher, he's a story-teller.”

Source : Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.51, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Fundamentals are right down to earth. And one fundamental is: You have to make calls. Nothing happens until you make a call. Itâ€™s that fundamental!”
“I regret the things I didn't do, not what I did.”
“Sometimes I find myself at three o'clock in the morning painting something and throwing things around and seeing what works. I'd like to properly study fine art. I think it would be quite an interesting endeavor.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.”
“Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.”
“Since 1972, Ive been going around making speeches on the Everglades. No matter how poor my eyes are, I can still talk. Ill talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat. Whoever wants me to talk, Ill come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades,”

Source : Marjory Stoneman Douglas, John Rothchild (1990). “Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River”, p.230, Pineapple Press Inc

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