"Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well."

-- Muriel Barbery

#What Matters Quotes #Building Quotes #Wells Quotes

“I used to go to the same club every week in my home town, and even there I'd always stay at the back of the queue. I never once assumed I could just walk in.”
“I don't like workouts that make you bulky.”
“Imagine how terrifying it would be if we had to decide the beginnings of things for ourselves: as to what race we should belong, what sex, and all that, instead of placidly coming out of unconsciousness to find it all arranged!”

Source : Mabel Osgood Wright (1901). “The garden of a commuter's wife”
“The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.”
“The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe.”
“I want my testimony to stand on that point. But I would point out that Zona Research Inc. showed we have increased market share among business users, educational users, and government users over the past several months - and that's more recent than the IDC report.”
“Whatever story you're telling in Louisiana, the landscape is going to become a character in it.”
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”

Source : Attributed in "AB bookman's weekly: for the specialist book world", Vol. 76, Nr. 19-27; (p. 3326), 1985.

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