"I will never be a leader of men, and neither do I want to be one, and neither do I want to be led. I thought: I want to lead only myself."

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Source : Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.196, Granta Books

Patrick deWitt

#Men Quotes #Leader Quotes #Want Quotes

“Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.”

Source : Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). “Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately”, p.491
“Sounds good. Drive safe." He sighed, knowing I really meant, "Take care of my Mercedes.”
“Am I looking at a mask or am I the mask being looked at?”
“the process of a book's coming to life is not fully complete until your imagination meets mine on the page. The words evoke pictures and something altogether new is created, something different from the limits of my own skills and imagination. Something that is a marriage between your heart, mind, and body - and mine.”
“Even if I was offered a 100 billion , I still would not join other group . I think it is predestined that we meet and that is more valuable than 100 billion . It is because the 5 of us are forever as one .”
“I'm somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in a Robert Langdon thriller.”
“A healing journey into the inner conflicts and contradictions that separate spirit from self.”
“There are times when I get through the day by looking around the office and thinking, 'My God, aren't the natives here strange.'”

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