"Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune."

#Greatness Quotes #Giving Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Nobody cares about your wardrobe, what your tie looks like, or even if you're wearing one, and I don't.”
“Trying to talk somebody out of the stuff that they enjoy in life is like trying to talk them out of their faith or their sexuality. Itâ€™s a pointless exercise that can never be anything but acrimonious and will only highlight unnecessary amounts of difference about things that ultimately donâ€™t really matter. Buy the steak you like, worship the god you love, neck with the people that you treasure and donâ€™t worry about the numbers.”
“Intellect doesn't translate across cultures; intuition does.”
“It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.”

Source : "Go Orange!". National Review Online Interview, www.nationalreview.com. November 30, 2004.
“Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.”
“Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.”
“Rather than regret for what I have written, I feel regret for what I shall never be able to read.”

Source : Antonio Tabucchi (1989). “Little Misunderstandings of No Importance”, p.8, New Directions Publishing
“In Canada, Defending Girls from Islamic Honor Killings Is 'Racist'”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 7, 2014

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