"Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great."

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John Lothrop Motley

#Pyramids Quotes #Deeds Quotes #Stones Quotes

“Even a manically depressed robot is better to talk to than nobody.”
“I thought about the nice clothes that I always wore. Well of course I did. I took pride in being the best dressed monster in Dade County.”

Source : Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.79, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“The nobility which exists within any cause is to be found not in any achievement, but instead within the struggle.”
“We realize that what we are accomplishing is a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed.”
“There is always a choice about the way you do your work even if there is not a choice about the work itself.”

Source : Stephen C. Lundin (2009). “Fish!: A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results”, p.15, Hachette UK
“We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.”

Source : John Grierson (1966). “Grierson on Documentary”, p.193, Univ of California Press
“Fear is dangerous. It sparks violence much faster than anger.”
“When you can leave a race track and there's people in tears because they won and (people) in tears because they got crashed, you know, that's what brings us to the race track.”

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