"I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade in either a bus or a boat."

-- Paul Farmer

#Kids Quotes #Eight Quotes #Six Quotes

“I would like to live a day in the life of an ant and hope not to get squashed.”

Source : "Kiowa Gordon's Favorite Things". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. June 8, 2010.
“If the duties before us be not noble, let us ennoble them by doing them in a noble spirit; we become reconciled to life if we live in the spirit of Him who reconciled the life of God with the lowly duties of servants.”
“One of the biggest mistakes that most people make is clinging to the excuse that the time isn't quite right to take action. Well, let me tell you something: In my experience, conditions are never right at the right time. The timing is always wrong. So if you're waiting for everything to be perfect before taking action, you have a foolproof excuse for never taking action.”
“Our motto is 'from cradle to grave.' Unwanted babies are delivered to us through our cradle programme, where we work to find new homes for them for parents desiring children. In addition to our healthcare programmes, we also have a programme for burying the dead, meeting all the necessary expenses for those who are unable to do so.”

Source : Source: www.irinnews.org
“Can the foot soldier teach anything important about war, merely for having been there? I think not. He can tell war stories.”
“We sometimes get lost in a bubble... when you get to a certain age you're always thinking about the old days and how it wasn't like that then. Well, yeah, that's great and it's very nostalgic and all that, but actually the world has moved on.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“The thing of playin' and singin' never bothered me.”
“Creativity is a distinctive trait of human excellence in all domains of behavior.”

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