"The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It's a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that's all it is to me."

-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Humble Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.”
“It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.”
“Charles Beard warned us that governments-inc luding the government of the United States-are not neutral, that they represent the dominant economic interests, and that their Constitutions are intended to serve these interests.”
“I hate homework. I hate it more now than I did when I was the one lugging textbooks and binders back and forth from school. The hour my children are seated at the kitchen table, their books spread out before them, the crumbs of their after-school snack littering the table, is without a doubt the worst hour of my day.”
“I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.”

Source : Sir Max Beerbohm (1922). “Works”
“A light without shadow generates an emotion without reserve.”

Source : Roland Barthes (1973). “Mythologies”
“It can pay off, being a hack. Given the depraved state of American culture, a slick dude can make millions being a hack. But even if you succeed, you lose, because youâ€™ve sold out your Muse, and your Muse is you, the best part of yourself, where your finest and only true work comes from.”
“I see one-third of a nation and it can go to hell.”

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