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Quotes that always interested me..

  • 'I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.' - Red, 'The Shawshank Redemption'
  • Hopper, the cub who had watched the eagles soar, and so badly wanted to fly through the skies as the eagles did. The cub who hopped and jumped and leaped until he could leap higher than any other wolf, and who never lost the cub's yearning to soar through the sky. Out of the night Hopper came and left the ground in a leap, soaring like the eagles.- The Eye of the World
  • Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.
  • Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
  • You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
  • When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.
  • A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.
  • It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.
  • What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.
  • I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
  • What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
  • Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.
  • There is a lot of difference between striving to make your presence noticed and making your absence felt.
  • The beginnings are hard. Always.
  • Any child can blurt out the truth, without thought to the consequences. It takes great maturity to appreciate the value of silence.
  • Despite popular culture, love doesn’t happen by chance, at first sight, across a crowded dance floor. It grows slowly, sinking roots first before branching and blossoming. It is not a silly weed, but a mighty tree that weathers every storm.
  • Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
  • I know this great UDP joke but you might not get it.
  • Some programmers, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll solve it with threads!". have Now problems. two they