Yann Martel Quotes

If you are pitched into misery, remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you have left.

Yann Martel

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• The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.

  

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• Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.

  

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• I think I was only divorced once, and the rest were annulments. Or, maybe not. I can't keep track actually, because it's not that important. I just am who I am.

  

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• A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.

  

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• You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment.

  

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• Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.

  

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• If you are pitched into misery, remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you have left.

  

  Yann Martel
  • Remember
  • Earth
  • Might