"The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose."

-- Khalil Gibran

#Inspirational Quotes #Meaningful Quotes #Spiritual Quotes

“I just try and get the best out of an artist - we all have a responsibility to fill the world with awesome songs!”
“We may not get what we want, when we want. But with a bit of perseverance and a lot of patience, we can get what we need.”

Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2008). “Sweet Love”, p.193, Penguin
“I went through a phase where I was sick of acting, I didn't want to do it anymore, I was bored with it and then I tried directing a movie and I was like: "Shoot, get back over there!" It made me appreciate acting more.”
“In 1990, about 1 percent of American corporate profits were taken in tax havens like the Cayman Islands. By 2002, it was up to 17 percent, and it'll be up to 20-25 percent very quickly. It's a major problem. Fundamentally, we have a tax system designed for a national, industrial, wage economy, which is what we had in the early 1900s. We now live in a global, asset-based, services world. And we need to have a tax system that follows the economic order or it's going to interfere with economic growth, it's going to reduce people's incomes, and it's going to damage the US.”

Source : "Our Indefensible Tax System". Interview With Jonathan Stein, www.motherjones.com. April 11, 2006.
“The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that they believed themselves to have to deal only with the relations of man to man. In reality, however, the question is what is his attitude to the world and all life that comes within his reach.”
“Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.”
“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”

Source : Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.539, Simon and Schuster
“Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger.”

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