"As brightness is to rustiness, so labor excelleth idleness."

-- Thales

#Brightness Quotes #Labor Quotes #Idleness Quotes

“Writing is simple. First you have to make sure you have plenty of paper... sharp pencils... typewriter ribbon. Then put your belly up to the desk... roll a sheet of paper into the typewriter... and stare at it until beads of blood appear on your forehead.”

Source : "Fictional character: Prof. Cosmo Fishhawk". "Shoe" by Jeff MacNelly, 1977-2000.
“Mass becomes immobile; it cannot manoeuvre and therefore cannot win victories, it can only crush by sheer weight.”

Source : Hans von Seeckt (1930). “Thoughts of a Soldier”
“The 'harmonious world' theory .. will help dispel doubts in the international community about China's continued development and refute the absurd 'China threat theory'.”
“I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We're still just a child creature, we're still being nasty to each other. And all children go through those phases. We're growing up, we're moving into adolescence now. When we grow up - man, we're going to be something!”
“It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet.”

Source : James Payn (1882). “Sammlung”
“Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.”

Source : "'Happy Endings' Guest James Wolk Invigorated by Comedic Turn, Open to Pilots" by Michael O'Connell, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 8, 2012.
“I love making music. I feel like people often get into that 'you should only make music for yourself' kind of place, where they say things like, "I don't write for other people, I write for myself," and I feel like that misses the mark so much because music, especially pop music, is so much more than yourself.”
“The Renaissance of Europe did not take place in the 15th century. Rather it began when Europe learned from the culture of the Arabs. The cradle of European awakening is not Italy. It is the Muslim Spain.”

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