"Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either."

-- Arthur Conan Doyle

#Skills Quotes #Genius Quotes #Splendid Quotes

“[E]ven if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except that God, in whom we have put our hope, will allow.”
“There are nights when I think that Sal Paradise was right / Boys and Girls in America / Have such a sad time together.”

Source : "Song: "Stuck Between the Stations" ("Boys and Girls in America")". 2006.
“If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Don't ever deny yourself a chance at your dreams. We're all meant for great things, but not everyone believes that can happen.”
“The setting sun burned the sky pink and orange in the same bright hues as surfers' bathing suits. It was beautiful deception, Bosch thought, as he drove north on the Hollywood Freeway to home. Sunsets did that here. Made you forget it was the smog that made their colors so brilliant, that behind every pretty picture there could be an ugly story.”

Source : Michael Connelly (2012). “The Black Echo”, p.60, Hachette UK
“It's weird to make a decision where everyone in your life disapproves, pretty vocally and directly. They said, "You've got one year left. Just do it." I had a full scholarship so I didn't have to pay for it. They asked, "Why don't you just get the degree so you can have it?" And I said, "You don't understand. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do and now I know. I have the answer and it's dumb to waste any more time."”
“Man, if it weren't for Bill's Records and Tapes I would've been an accountant like my dad. I love my dad, but thank God for Bill's.”
“My relationship to New York has changed a lot. I feel lucky to live here. A lot of times you walk through the city and don't notice that you're in a really beautiful neighborhood, or that you're passing a beautiful building. It's nice, as an exercise, to keep aware that you're in a really lucky place.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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