"I begin where most people end, with a full conviction of the emptiness of all sorts of ambition, and the unsatisfactory nature of all human pleasures."

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Source : Alexander Pope (1853). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope”, p.73

Alexander Pope

#Ambition Quotes #People Quotes #Emptiness Quotes

“O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.”

Source : Christopher Marlowe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe (Illustrated)”, p.1562, Delphi Classics
“The most popular image of the female despite the exigencies of the clothing trade is all ***** and buttocks, a hallucinating sequence of parabolae and bulges.”
“Superman told me... that we needed to make a double... type of record... and so I answered: 'Okay, Superman. We will make... a double type of record but it won't be a double album because... Batman... didn't want a double album'”
“Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment.”

Source : Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.25, Counterpoint Press
“I feel completely alone - it's like melting, I am the structure, and I am also Alain Robert.”
“In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region.”
“But, it is hard too, because I want to do another action film. Believe it or not, it was fun.”
“...When this map was made, there was only empty forest in the south," Gran told Birle."Not empty," Granda corrected her. "The forest is never empty.”

Source : Cynthia Voigt (2015). “Tale of Birle”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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