"Genius is a will-o'-the-wisp if it lacks a solid foundation of perseverence and fanatical tenacity. This is the most important thing in all of human life..."

-- Adolf Hitler

#Important Quotes #Foundation Quotes #Genius Quotes

“Bullying can be physical, verbal or emotional. Words and threats are just as painful as fists, especially with social media these days. For those of you who don't know, I was actually bullied as a young boy on one occasion,”

Source : "Derek Hough Opens Up About Bullying Past: They Had 'A Gun to My Head'" by Stephanie Webber, www.usmagazine.com. October 18, 2014.
“I started with straight, basic, symbolic structures. My problem now is the opposite; as I get older, I try to make my paintings more contrapuntal, richer.”
“Really. Is there anything nice to be said about other people's vacations?”

Source : Amor Towles (2011). “Rules of Civility: A Novel”, p.127, Penguin
“I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves”
“I do not doubt that it would be easier for fate to take away your suffering than it would for me. But you will see for yourself that much has been gained if we succeed in turning your hysterical misery into common unhappiness.”
“I wrote a number of pieces in the year 1966 that were so bad that, although I'm a great collector of my own pieces, I have never collected them.”
“"Because there has been no one to stop me" has been one of the principles of my life.”
“It is necessary for a Christian to fast, in order to clear his mind, to rouse and develop his feelings, and to stimulate his will to useful activity. These three human capabilities we darken and stifle above all by 'surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life' (Lk. 21:34).”

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