
„I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.“
— Ringo Starr British musician, former member of the Beatles 1940
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— Ringo Starr British musician, former member of the Beatles 1940
— George Burns American comedian, actor, and writer 1896 - 1996
— Nathan Bedford Forrest Confederate Army general 1821 - 1877
Said to his men at Shiloh, 1862. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s
— Bobby Sands Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army 1954 - 1981
Republican News http://larkspirit.com/hungerstrikes/bios/sands.html, (16 December 1978)
Other writings
Context: I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto, but it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom. I shall not settle until I achieve liberation of my country, until Ireland becomes a sovereign, independent socialist republic.
— Niall Horan Irish singer and songwriter 1993
Dare to Dream by One Direction, https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6422638.Niall_Horan
— Niall Horan Irish singer and songwriter 1993
Dare to Dream by One Direction, https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6422638.Niall_Horan
— Liam Payne English singer and songwriter 1993
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6422617.Liam_Payne
— Cassandra Clare, The Mortal Instruments
Jace to Freaky Pete, pg. 36
The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
— Cassandra Clare, book City of Ashes
Jace to Alec, pg. 311
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
— Quentin Tarantino American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor 1963
The movie Django: Unchained.
— James A. Michener American author 1907 - 1997
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)
Context: I do believe that everyone growing up faces differential opportunities. With me, it was books and travel and some good teachers. With somebody else, it may be a boy scout master. With somebody else, it will be a clergyman. Somebody else, an uncle who was wiser than the father. I think young people ought to seek that differential experience that is going to knock them off dead center. I was a typical American school boy. I happened to get straight A's and be pretty good in sports. But I had no great vision of what I could be. And I never had any yearning.
My job was to live through Friday afternoon, get through the week, and eat something. And then along came these differential experiences that you don't look for, that you don't plan for, but, boy, you better not miss them. The things that make you bigger than you are. The things that give you a vision. The things that give you a challenge.
— Malvina Reynolds American folk singer 1900 - 1978
Song Morningtown Ride
— Hermann Hesse, book The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game (1943)
Context: "If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is contradictory, everything tangential; there are no certainties anywhere. Everything can be interpreted one way and then again interpreted in the opposite sense. The whole of history can be explained as development and progress and can also be seen as nothing but decadence and meaninglessness. Isn't there any truth? Is there no real and valid doctrine?"
The Master had never heard him speak so fervently. He walked on in silence for a little, then said, "There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long for the perfection of yourself. The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught. Be prepared for conflicts, Joseph Knecht — I can see they have already begun."
— Charles Manson American criminal and musician 1934 - 2017
NBC interview (1987)
— Robert Downey Jr. American actor 1965
Quoted in Dotson Rader, "I rose from the ashes" http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_04-20-2008/1Robert_Downey_Jr, Parade Magazine (2008-04-20)
— Tamora Pierce, book First Test
Source: First Test
— Andrew Biersack American singer-songwriter 1990