"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself."

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Source : "A Civil Campaign: A Comedy of Biology and Manners". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1999.

Lois McMaster Bujold

#Success Quotes #Divorce Quotes #Character Quotes

“If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably be a caddie today.”
“Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”
“I've worked with everyone from Ice Cube to Snoop Dogg ... right across to working with pop stars like Justin Timberlake. Why those artists came to me is because they wanted my sound.”

Source : Source: www.etonline.com
“Once in a while you have to bite the hand that reads you.”
“I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.”
“We buy things. We wear them or put them on our walls, or sit on them, but anyone who wants to can take them away from us. Or break them. ... Long after he's dead, someone else will own those stupid little boxes, and then someone after him, just as someone owned them before he did. But no one ever thinks of that: objects survive us and go on living. It's stupid to believe we own them. And it's sinful for them to be so important.”

Source : "Quietly in Their Sleep". Book by Donna Leon, www.wired.com. May 23, 1997.
“The only purpose of advertising is to sell. It has no other function worth mentioning.”
“I guess I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too. I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.”

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