"We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace."

-- Aristotle

#Peace Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #War Quotes

“Take my hand and grow young with me. Don't rush. Don't sleep. Be a beginner. Light the candles. Keep the fire. Dare to love someone. Tell yourself the truth. Stay inside the rapture.”

Source : Marlena de Blasi (2013). “A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance”, p.63, Algonquin Books
“Just as the pianist practices the most complicated pieces to improve the technique of his fingers, so too a grandmaster must keep his vision in trim by daily analysis of positions with sharp possibilities, and this applies whether he prefers such positions in his play or not.”
“She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there; a scale which balanced poetry and prayer.”

Source : Carol Ann Duffy (2009). “Mrs. Scrooge: A Christmas Poem”, p.31, Simon and Schuster
“It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.”
“I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked that. But I had an aunt at that time, my mother's aunt, who bought records by people like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and a few others.”
“Love is the only emotion that expands intelligence”
“I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve.”

Source : "'Cellmates' star Tom Sizemore on acting sober, fatherhood, and second chances". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.yahoo.com. June 1, 2012.
“I was Chairman Maos dog. What he said to bite, I bit.”

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