"People in the Pentagon had colleagues killed and maimed by bin Laden. They're trying to find bin Laden and kill him and his cult. Naturally they consider that a legitimate thing to do, but they're having mixed success at the job."

-- Bruce Sterling

#Success Quotes #Jobs Quotes #People Quotes

“It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a King's Gambit against a representative of the old chess guard.”

Source : David Bronstein (1991). “200 Open Games”, p.37, Courier Corporation
“Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.”
“A poor original is better than a good imitation.”

Source : Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2012). “An Ambitious Man (Annotated Edition)”, p.6, Jazzybee Verlag
“It's important to realize that the images are everywhere, not just where you want or expect them to be.”
“To be a Jew is a destiny”
“Most of the songs I write just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake.”

Source : Source: dblsesame.wordpress.com
“I am very hands on doing my own work, all my own stunt work.”
“Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.”

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