"He loves me, and I reward his love by forcing on him something he hates. In the evening, after we dance, he rarely returns to the throne; he dances with others or moves from place to place through the room. The court thinks he is trying to be gracious, sharing his attention. Only I see that he moves always to the empty spot and the court always moves after him. He is like a dog trying to escape his own tail. He indulged himself in one brief moment of privacy, and almost died of it. Relius, he hates being king."

-- Megan Whalen Turner

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“A good messenger expects to get shot.”
“Creatives fail and the really good ones fail often.”

Source : "Einstein at the Beach: The Hidden Relationship Between Risk and Creativity" by Steven Kotler, www.forbes.com. October 11, 2012.
“The current CEO of Wal-Mart says he has "no choice" but to sacrifice the welfare of his employees in order to serve his customers' need for low prices. So, why are they paying the guy millions a year if there is no possibility for him to change things? I think he is either kidding us or himself. The truth is more likely that he likes things the way they are, or he lacks the strategic imagination to come up with a viable and profitable ways to change them. If either is true, he is overpaid and probably not up to doing the job.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Regardless of how badly you handled yesterday, today provides a fresh opportunity to do things right!”

Source : Twitter post from May 17, 2013
“The fear of death which is imprinted in men is at the same time a great expedient Heaven employs to hinder them from many misdeeds: many things are left undone for fear of imperiling one's life or health.”
“A good friend is someone who gets ya drunk and then walks ya home afterwards.”
“Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox forms of Judaism, which his parents and which my mother's parents were very steeped in.”

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