"The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed."

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Source : Twitter post from Feb 15, 2016

Robert Greene

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“Faced with a time shortage, we squeeze tasks into the nooks and crannies of our calendar, leaving less and less time to switch between them. As a result, we become less and less productive exactly when we need to be most productive.”
“After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.”
“Editing is a natural extension of collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.”
“On the cliffs of your wild cat charms I'm riding.”
“Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.”
“You may think it odd that there were three men to look after one tiny station, but the people who ran the railway knew that if you left two men together in a lonely place they would quarrel, but if you left three men, two of them could always grumble to each other about the third, and then they would be quite happy.”
“Thy return Posterity shall witness. Years must roll away, but then at length the splendid sight again shall greet our distant children's eyes.”
“What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say goodnight and then his mother put her face down. That was to kiss. His mother put her lips on his cheek; her lips were soft and they wetted his cheek; and they made a tiny little noise: kiss. Why did people do that with their two faces?”

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