"I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat."

-- Jonathan Dimbleby

#Believe Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Battle Quotes

“I never lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod.”
“Our lives are full of separations that shake us up, force us to attend to our emotional selves and to learn new ways of being in the world. Although many of our losses are painful, they encourage our gains. The lesson life is trying to teach us is that, regardless of the challenges and changes in the physical world, we will abide in peace by aligning ourselves with our inner changelessness. The power of God in us is more than equal to any moment-no matter what it brings. We live in a loving, supportive universe that is always saying yes to us.”
“Most of the trades, professions, and ways of living among mankind, take their original either from the love of the pleasure, or the fear of want. The former, when it becomes too violent, degenerates into luxury, and the latter into avarice.”
“It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species”
“My concern has always been that people who I portray, or the professions that I portray, are not embarrassed by my portrayal of them.”
“Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90 percent of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. ... Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration.”
“The great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody.”

Source : Jennifer Niven (2015). “All the Bright Places”, p.35, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.”

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