"history ... a sort of immortality turned upside down. Her life stretched backwards through ten centuries."

-- Marthe Bibesco

#History Quotes #Upside Down Quotes #Immortality Quotes

“Life balances itself on a precarious ledge, we can stay safe up high or propel off the edge.”
“Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it, and by the enthusiasm and faithfulness he puts into it.”
“I like to allow accidents to happen, not to force them, and yet not let myself feel miserable if they do happen, because they are so often the best things.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Discipline is doing what you are supposed to do in the best possible manner at the time you are supposed to do it.”
“The business of the artist is not to escape from his material medium or bully it, but to serve it; but to serve it, he must love it. If he does so, he will realise that in its service is perfect freedom.”
“If you're willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create your own luck”
“While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.”

Source : "No Oprah in the Billionaire Club" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2010.
“Great books are written from a sense that there is nothing to lose.”

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