"Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them."

-- Livy

#Fall Quotes #Honor Quotes #Desire Quotes

“I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.”

Source : Lady Sings the Blues ch. 4 (1956).
“If you want to be a great leader, you have to put the interest of the country above your own. I would like to think that true leadership is not just telling people what they want to hear but helping them understand things, so you can explain to them what you think is best, and then they can judge you on that.”
“Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing.”
“Will America be the death of English? I'm glad I asked me that. My well-thought-out mature judgment is that it will.”

Source : Edwin Newman (1974). “Strictly Speaking: Will america be the Death of English?”
“No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.”
“Modern man receives a large part of his knowledge and general education by way of pictorial impressions, illustrations, photographs, films. Daily newspapers bring more pictures from year to year. In addition, the advertising business operates with optical signals as well as representations. Exhibitions and museums are indeed offspring of this visual hustle.”
“I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red.”
“You cover the bad news about America. You do. But you don't get up in the morning hating your country. And so, until somebody shows me lines at the border trying to get out, I think there's some good news.”

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