"Perhaps five or even ten per cent of men can do something rather well. It is a tiny minority who can do anything really well, and the number of men who can do two things well is negligible. If a man has any genuine talent, he should be ready to make almost any sacrifice in order to cultivate it to the full."

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Source : G. H. Hardy (2012). “A Mathematician's Apology”, p.68, Cambridge University Press

G. H. Hardy

#Sacrifice Quotes #Men Quotes #Order Quotes

“The frying pan you should give to your enemy. Food should not be prepared in fat. Our bodies are adapted to a stone age diet of roots and vegetables.”
“Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech.”
“George Bush isn't Hitler. He could be if he applied himself.”
“A real stunner. Want to get swept up on a journey you will never forget and never quite escape? Open THE RITUAL OF ILLUSION and let its magic leap out, grab you, take you places unlike you have ever known.”
“Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.”

Source : William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.185, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I always said if I lived to get grown and had a chance, I was going to try to get something for my mother and I was going to do something for the black man of the South if it would cost my life; I was determined to see that things were changed.”
“I'm pretty much a vegetarian, but I do eat fish and sometimes chicken”
“Rugby players are either piano shifters or piano movers. Fortunately, I am one of those who can play a tune.”

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