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“Every day life must always be lived against the backdrop of eternity.”
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“I have little patience with anyone who is not self-satisfied. I am always pleased to see my friends, happy to be with my wife and family, but the high spot of every day is when I first catch a glimpse of myself in the shaving mirror.”
Source : Robert Morley (1980). “Morley Matters”, London : Robson Books
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“If you behave like a doormat, expect to be stepped on and don't complain about it.”
Source : Suzette Haden Elgin (1980). “The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense”, Prentice Hall
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“Is it ever possible to overdo the talking about the glory of Christ? Is it ever too often to be in God's presence?”
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“I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me”
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“I must dedicate my life to teaching my people, for only education would make their lot less bitter, their latent power more strong.”
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“An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship - it is a crime against our nature as human beings.”
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“When I finally got together with Rostropovich as a student, he was very focused, almost entirely focused on the music itself, on what the composer had in mind and what he knew about the composer. Many of the works that I played for him had in fact been composed and written for him; he was often the first performer of these works, having known the composers personally.”
Source : "David Finckel and Wu Han". Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. July 11, 2012. 
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“It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower.”
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“Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes happen, accidents happen and true great films are the results of those mistakes and the decisions that those directors make during those moments.”
