"People tend to want to follow the beaten path. The difficulty is that the beaten path doesn't seem to be leading anywhere."

-- Charles Mathias

#Courage Quotes #People Quotes #Want Quotes

“To exist is to be betrayed, since we exist for others only by virtue of what we betray of ourselves to them.”

Source : Charles Palliser (2015). “Betrayals”, p.264, Hachette UK
“I hate the very human inclination towards insensitivity”
“The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the craft.”

Source : "Murdoch junior attacks 'snobs'" by Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2002.
“I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I can in whatever medium.”
“Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.”
“I believe I was born an addict, and alcoholic. The first time I drank alcohol, I just wanted more and more. During my teens and early 20s I did not drink often, but when I did, it was with great gusto. That is, I always drank enough to get drink.”
“Life and study have persuaded me of the openness of history. There is no inevitability in history. Thinking about what might have happened, what could have happened, is a necessary element in trying to understand what did happen. And if, as I believe, individual acts of decency and courage make a difference, then they need to be recorded and remembered.”

Source : Fritz Stern (2007). “Five Germanys I Have Known”, p.10, Macmillan
“Don't be threatened by people smarter than you.”

Source : Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”

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