"The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency."

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Quentin Crisp

#Success Quotes #Moving Quotes #Character Quotes

“Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?”
“I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution.”

Source : "Donald Trump's Potential Supreme Court Nominees Could Concern Conservatives" by Samuel Smith, www.christianpost.com. February 15, 2016.
“Vocal arrangements are something I'm working a lot with for the new songs.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Schreiber, pitchfork.com. February 13, 2006.
“Sports don't define us; it is not what we live for.”
“The walking tour guides one through the city's various landmarks, reciting bits of information the listener might find enlightening. I learned, for example, that in the late 1500s my little neighborhood square was a popular spot for burning people alive. Now lined with a row of small shops, the tradition continues, though in a figurative rather than literal sense.”
“You have to, in your own life, get people to want to work with you and want to help you. The organizational chart, in my opinion, means very little. I need my bosses' goodwill, but I need the goodwill of my subordinates even more.”
“Great leaders rally people to a better future.”
“The seeing of objects involves many sources of information beyond those meeting the eye when we look at an object. It generally involves knowledge of the object derived from previous experience, and this experience is not limited to vision but may include the other senses: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and perhaps also temperature or pain.”

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