"Everybody had to be thoroughly understood before being accepted."

-- Joseph Conrad

#Accepted Quotes #Being Accepted Quotes #Understood Quotes

“The person who works harder when the boss isnâ€™t around is headed straight for a better job.”
“I would have, then, our ordinary dwelling-houses built to last, and built to be lovely; as rich and full of pleasantness as may be within and without: . . . with such differences as might suit and express each man's character and occupation, and partly his history.”
“Apathy is so hard not to feel in this world that I see it and the devil walking hand in hand ruining our world. We can take more control by being conscious to start with.”
“I have no desire to ever talk to Sean Penn.”
“When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.”
“There is no better way to enjoy God's abundance than to share a meal together with people you love.”
“I support efforts to limit the terms of members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate.”
“Because civilization isn't a thing that you build and then there it is, you have it forever. It needs to be built constantly, recreated daily. It vanishes far more quickly than he ever would have thought possible. And if he wishes to live, he must do what he can to prevent the world he wants to live in from fading away. As long as there's war, life is a preventative measure.”

Source : Steven Galloway (2009). “The Cellist of Sarajevo”, p.248, Vintage Canada

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