Quotes
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Mahela Jayawardene
"There is so much uncertainty in cricket. One day you can get a hundred, the next day you can be dismissed for a zero. It makes you become practical about things. Teaches you to accept both success and failure. I think I have learnt a lot about life from cricket." --
Source : "I have learnt a lot about life from cricket". S. Dinakar, "Sport Star", Volume 24, No. 38, September 22, 2001.
Mahela Jayawardene
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“Both of us have forged our careers in London, but a lot of my comedy influences come from my family and my childhood.”
Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“When the established members of academia start becoming vocal as to how poor your art is, then you know you're on to something.”
“...Delay, says Dr. Manner, is a luxury which people with right-now cancers cannot afford.”
“I don't want people to feel like they'd overdosed on too much candy.”
Source : "Violinist.com interview with Hilary Hahn". Interview with Laurie Niles, www.violinist.com. October 22, 2007.
“Our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life. What the climate needs to avoid collapse is a contraction of humanity's use of resources; what our economic model demands to avoid collapse is unfettered expansion. Only one of these sets of rules can be changed, and it's not the laws of nature”
Source : Naomi Klein (2014). “This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate”, p.21, Simon and Schuster
“We're constantly told that running will ruin our knees and outrage our hearts, but for nearly all of human existence, it was associated with freedom, vitality, and eternal youth.”
“From the outside, the CIA seems pretty exotic, but from the inside, it's a big bureaucratic place. Think 'post office with spies.'”
“If I died snowboarding, you could honestly tell everybody in the world that Jeremy London died happy.”
