"All other passions do occasional good; but when pride puts in its word everything goes wrong."

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John Ruskin

#Passion Quotes #Pride Quotes #Occasional Quotes

“I would say what was always on her[Harper Lee] mind was the stories she had to tell, and the story was pretty obvious in "To Kill A Mockingbird," maybe a bit - little bit less obvious and more obscure in "Go Set A Watchman."”
“You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak.”
“At last she shut the book sharply, lay back, and drew a deep breath, expressive of the wonder which always marks the transition from the imaginary world to the real world.”
“People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.”

Source : The Book of Laughter and Forgetting pt. 1, sec. 17 (1980) (translation by Michael Henry Heim)
“I'm in no rush to become extremely famous.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“This doesn't just involve you, honey. If it did, then what you suggest might be the best option. But it involves Shea and, by proxy, everyone at KGI because now you and your sister both are part of us. We don't run from a fight. It's not what KGI is about. KGI is about family. It's about protecting what matters the most to us. It's about never letting anyone take what is ours. You and Shea are ours now, we'll protect you with our last breaths.”
“It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.”

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