"For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land."

-- Vilfredo Pareto

#Land Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Long Quotes

“He is as much a part of the Derby tradition as the Twin Spires themselves”
“Success is not something you own; it's something you rent, and the rent is due every day. When you stop paying rent on success, you start paying the rent on failure.”
“The cell is immortal. It is merely the fluid in which it floats that degenerates. Renew this fluid at regular intervals, give the cells what they require for nutrition, and as far as we know, the pulsation of life can go on forever.”
“You're always learning as an actor... anything you do is a learning experience. It's the same whether you're doing film or TV, you have to do the part to the best of your ability, no matter how big or small the role. It's as simple as that, really. But every bit of work you do is a learning experience - which is the same, I guess, for people in whatever job they do. But with acting, it's also fun to be able to explore different characters and emotions.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“I had my own dump truck of bad karma waiting for me somewhere ahwad. I had certainly earned it, but I raced to avoid it if I could; there was no way I wanted to fell that.”

Source : Kevin Hearne (2013). “Hunted: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Six”, p.96, Del Rey
“I want to try new things and put myself out there and take some risks.”
“If you put together all the Christians in the world, with their Emperors and their Kings, the whole of these Christians, - aye, and throw in the Saracens to boot, - would not have such power, or be able to do so much as this Kublai, who is Lord of all the Tartars in the world.”

Source : Marco Polo, William Marsden (1926). “The travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian”, Doubleday
“I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.”

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