"We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do."

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Source : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.7, Da Capo Press

Gordon Livingston

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“The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.”
“A break up is the closest thing to bereavement”

Source : Lindsey Kelk (2013). “Lindsey Kelk 2-Book Bestsellers Collection: About a Girl, I Heart New York”, p.34, HarperCollins UK
“There are two kinds of characters in all fiction, the born and the synthetic. If the writer has to ask himself questions - is he tall, is he short? - he had better quit.”
“Direction, not intention determines your destination.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 29, 2012
“Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.”
“Even a tourist can tell in a Roman street that he is in something and not outside of something as he would be in most cities. In Rome to go out is to go home.”

Source : Eleanor Clark (1952). “Rome and a Villa”
“You may lose your wife, you may lose your dog, your mother may hate you. None of those things matter. What matters is that you achieve success and become free. Then you can do whatever you like.”
“Where your attention goes, you go.”

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