"Only the mediocre die always at their best. Real leaders are always improving - and raising their bar on how superbly they can perform and how quickly they can move."

-- Jean Giraudoux

#Real Quotes #Moving Quotes #Leader Quotes

“My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.”
“A library is the only single place you can go to learn something new, be comforted, terrified, thrilled, saddened, overjoyed, or excited all in one day. And for free.”
“So what I did was stuff my face with anything around, any old rubbish, burgers, chocolate, crisps, fish and chips, loads of it, till I felt sick - but at least I'd had the pleasure of stuffing my face and feeling really full.”

Source : John Prescott (2008). “Prezza: My Story: Pulling No Punches”
“I think everyone in the world is friends if you can only get them to see you don't want to be un-friends.”

Source : E. Nesbit (2004). “7 Books in 1: The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet, The Story of the Treasure-Seekers, The Would-Be-Goods”, p.44, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”

Source : Malala Yousafzai's Speech to the UN General Assembly, www.independent.co.uk. July 12, 2013.
“In London, nobody comments on what you wear - they think that's not important to you or your state of well-being.”
“People have a real love of looking at small worlds - something inside them is innately attracted to that 'miniature' realm.”
“The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.”

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