"All cities are impressive in their way, because they represent the aspiration of men to lead a common life; those people who wish to live agreeable lives, and in constant intercourse with one another, will build a city as beautiful as Paris."

-- Peter Ackroyd

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“Great men have been characterized by the greatness of their mistakes as well as by the greatness of their achievements.”
“Is the world all grown up? Is childhood dead? Or is there not in the bosom of the wisest and the best some of the child's heart left, to respond to its earliest enchantments?”
“It's not the fledgling birds that are thrown out of the nest by their parents and made to fly; it's the parents who are made to get the hell out of cozy family nest by their teenage offspring. It's we who are made to be independent of them, crash-landing if we don't manage it.”
“Nothing before you counts,â€ he said. â€œAnd I canâ€™t even imagine an after.”
“Realism is for pessimists. An optimist creates his own reality.”
“Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I also recognise that the mandate was given by hundreds of thousands of ordinary people joining in the political process.”
“I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.”

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