"I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon if I can. I seek opportunity, not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk, to dream and to build, to fail and succeed.....It is my right to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations, and to face the world boldly and say, THIS I HAVE DONE."

-- Dean Alfange

#Dream Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Men Quotes

“This is a marvel of the universe: To fling a thought across a stretch of sky-- Some weighty message, or a yearning cry, It matters not; the elements rehearse Man's urgent utterance, and his words traverse The spacious heav'ns like homing birds that fly Unswervingly, until, upreached on high, A quickened hand plucks off the message terse.”
“Writing humor in my column isn't as dangerous as performing it. If I fail in front of a live audience, the humiliation is as great as anything a human being can suffer.”
“Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.”

Source : Brennan Manning (2015). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.35, NavPress
“You can't be what you don't see. I didn't think about being a doctor. I didn't even think about being a clerk in a store, I'd never seen a black clerk in a clothing store.”
“It's my favorite role - being a mom.”
“I loved seeing my name in print, I loved seeing my words in print. I felt really privileged to be in the kind of company I was in at Esquire, but I didn't think it was going to launch a career as a top-notch journalist. It's just not what I wanted.”

Source : Source: classic.esquire.com
“The stars have their own language, you know. If you're careful, you can learn it.”

Source : Sarah Jio (2013). “The Last Camellia: A Novel”, p.27, Penguin
“That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America.”

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