"Here I found myself in my early 20s, at the height of my career, up against something I was totally powerless against. I had enemies I had never heard of because of this. I certainly didn't have needles hanging out of my arms, nor did I smoke anything."

-- Irene Cara

#Careers Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Height Quotes

“Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping.”
“Great poetry must be admired, because it is great and because it is poetry, and so we admire it.”
“I very little, you cheat big! â€“ Short Round”
“Men are climbing to the moon, but they donâ€™t seem interested in the beatingÂ humanÂ heart.”
“Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?”

Source : Ally Condie (2011). “Matched”, p.122, Penguin
“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”
“My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize.”
“Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.”

Source : "Saturday Review" Magazine, September 29, 1951.

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