"There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting."

-- Robert E. Lee

#Perseverance Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Accomplish Quotes

“You have a lot of children that come up to you... and their parents tell you, and sometimes even [the children themselves] tell you how much they love singing your nasheeds. It is a great source of satisfaction that even now you can make a difference in the lives of people.”

Source : Source: irusa.org
“Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.”
“Until they come to see us from their planet, I wait patiently. I hear them saying: Don't call us, we'll call you.”
“Hollywood industry people are very spoiled. I don't think they can adjust to the insane, no-money, super-hard working tradition of Japanese filmmaking. I don't think any American can go through that. They don't want to work more than twelve hours and they want Saturday and Sunday off.”
“I don't follow what everybody else does.”
“Art is not arbitrary. A fine painting is not there by accident; it is not arrived at by chance. We are sensitive to tonalities.”

Source : Frederick Sommer (1984). “Sommer: Words”
“One beautiful day, a radiant day, Mr Abramovich introduced himself to me and said I should put a shopping list together”

Source : "Rau, and Ranieri" by Sean Ingle, Dan Rookwood and Scott Murray, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2003.
“Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.”

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