"My liveliest delight was in having conquered myself."

-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#Inspirational Quotes #Delight Quotes

“Truth is I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter.”

Source : "Fictional character: Danny". "Brassed Off", www.imdb.com. 1996.
“The fuel light's on, Frank! We're all going to die! Wait, wait... Oh, my mistake - that's the intercom light.”
“I do a lot of planning and plotting. That's my greatest weakness. If I'm not terribly careful, I'll plan to a point where it could come out cut and dried.”
“All things are dark to sorrow.”

Source : Augusta Jane Evans (1872). “Inez: A Tale of the Alamo”, p.256
“Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once.”
“I don't feel competition at all. I just feel like I want to be the best. In everything that Michael (Jackson) did, he was the best. When he was dancing, when he was singing, he always wanted to be the best, and that's me... He's the guideline.”
“I created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn't know how to connect with the people there. I was afraid, for all of my life, right up until I knew it was ending. That was when I realized, as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it's also the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality is real.”
“Covetous men need money least, yet they most affect it; but prodigals, who need it most have the least regard for it.”

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