"The English certainly and fiercely pride themselves in never praising themselves."

-- Wyndham Lewis

#Pride Quotes #Praise Quotes

“Hany Abu-Assad was sitting next to me, and his film 'Paradise Now' had won the Golden Globe. He said to me at the Globes, 'Paradise now, talk to you later.' [laughs] I gave him a big hug for that.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com
“Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you can't just ride along. You're learning to steer the ship, navigation; you're pulling lines, keeping a lookout; in the galley you're cooking.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.”
“Marriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.”
“We must embrace the power of faith, but we must never confuse politics and piety. For me, may I say that it is against my religion to impose my religion.”
“When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.”
“This is a moral universe, which means that despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil and injustice and oppression and lies can have the last word. . . that is what has upheld the morale of our people, to know that in the end good will prevail.”
“I have a few memories of being young here in the United States, but almost no recollections of being young in Vietnam.”

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 3, 2010.

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