"In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places."

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Source : FaceBook post by Alice Munro from Sep 04, 2014

Alice Munro

“Health and an able body are two jewels.”
“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy”
“Wherever the good work is I'll go.”

Source : Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.
“Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.
“I like all kinds of movies. I really do.”
“If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a Western educational context - a Socrates who is never content with the initial superficial response, but is always probing for finer distinctions, clearer examples, a more profound form of knowing. Our concept of knowledge has changed since classical times, but Socrates has provided us with a timeless educational goal - ever deeper understanding.”
“We have a word game in English called "Twenty questions." To play Twenty Questions, one player imagines some object, and the other players must guess what it is by asking questions that can be answered with a "yes" or a "no." I imagine every language has a similar game, and, for those of us who speak the language of science, the game is called The Scientific Method.”

Source : Speech at the Nobel Banquet, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2001.
“Sometimes I think, I need to think before I speak. And then other times I think, I shouldn't leave the house or interact with people ever.”

Source : Anna Kendrick @AnnaKendrick47, twitter.com. August 4, 2014.

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