"But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of."

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Lord Byron

#Hope Quotes #Truth Quotes #Pain Quotes

“Who does not believe his first passion eternal?”
“The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.”
“How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?”
“Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to pare his wordy sentences: "When someone expends the least amount of motion on a given action, that's grace." The short story, by definition, embodies this notion of grace, because it requires such forceful compression to achieve its effects.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Whatever the ups and downs of detail within our limited experience, the larger whole is primarily beautiful.”
“Pig power in America was infuriating, but pig power in the communist framework was awesome and unaccountable.”
“Whenever one or more components of a company's business model changes, new business models are created for supporting companies. The changes might involve niches served, new marketing angles or improved value propositions.”

Source : Marc Ostrofsky (2012). “Get Rich Click: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet”, p.39, Simon and Schuster
“To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.”

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