I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we never allowed certain situations to fully evolve, like the relationship between Picard and Beverly Crusher.

Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.

Harry Callahan

I have always been fond of the West African proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.There are several other cited sources of Roosevelt using this proverb.

Theodore Roosevelt, letter to He

The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the hearts and minds of men.

Allen E. Claxton

We derive our vitality from our store of madness.

E. M. Cioran

The first step is the hardest.

Marie De VichyChamrond

If I keep saying it, if I keep reaching out. My accident really taught me just one thing: the only way to go on is to go on. To say 'I can do this' even when you know you can't.

Stephen King

Do not commit the error common among the young, of assuming that if you cannot save the whole of mankind you have failed.

Jan De Hartog

O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies

Muslih-uddin Sadi

A man's limitations are not the things he wants to do and can t; they are the things he ought to do but doesn't. The difficult we will do eventually, the impossible will just take a little more time.

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I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try.

Ethel Waters

Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

Olga Korbut

And, since they are theater people, they are all talking. All of them. Simultaneously. They do not need to be heard; they only need to be speaking.

John Green