"Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia."

-- Pramoedya Ananta Toer

#Mean Quotes #Awards Quotes #Important Quotes

“I had started at a small startup as a big-company guy. Now I was leaving a big company as a small-startup guy.”

Source : Douglas Edwards (2011). “I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59”, p.559, Penguin UK
“Inspiration is being motivated by a person or idea. Motivation is being inspired by an object. When people are inspired, they don't need motivation.”
“One thing's sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children”

Source : Ron Rash (2009). “Serena”, p.241, Canongate Books
“I think you do better when you are really up for it, cause passion goes up.”
“If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.”
“Long ago I abandoned my masterpiece a roll of paper thirty yards long which I filled completely with minute handwriting in my dungeon years ago It vanished when the Bastille fell it vanished as everything written everything thought and planned will disappear”

Source : Peter Weiss (1998). “Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman”, p.98, A&C Black
“You got responsibilities when youâ€™re a leader. You got a responsibility not to kill too many of your men. Or whoâ€™re you going to lead?”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2011). “Prince of Thorns”, p.13, Penguin
“I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas.”

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