"The trouble with real life is that you don't know whether you're the hero or just some nice chap who gets bumped off in chapter five to show what a rotter the villain is without anyone minding too much."

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Source : Sarah Caudwell (2009). “The Sirens Sang of Murder”, p.180, Dell

Sarah Caudwell

#Real Quotes #Nice Quotes #Hero Quotes

“My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.”
“And when you're not happy with your own life, and yourself, you can't be happy with anyone else.”
“There are those who say that when civilization progresses a bit further transportation facilities will move into the skies and under the ground, and that our streets will again be quiet, but I know perfectly well that when that day comes some new device for torturing the old will be invented.”
“I was able to get operated on four days after I was diagnosed. It was just a matter of getting this baseball-sized tumor out of me. I reflect now on how lucky I was to be in the situation where I could get the best possible help and treatment.”
“Philosophers are often actively disinterested in what happens between the cup and the lips (after all, that's "non-ideal theory").”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.”

Source : "Good To Great And The Social Sectors". Book by James C. Collins, 2005.
“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”

Source : Douglas Coupland (1993). “Shampoo Planet”, p.259, Simon and Schuster
“I have a definition of success..”

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