"My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel â€” it is, before all, to make you see. That â€” and no more, and it is everything. If I succeed, you shall find there according to your deserts: encouragement, consolation, fear, charm â€” all you demand; and, perhaps, also that glimpse of truth for which you have forgotten to ask."

-- Joseph Conrad

#Encouragement Quotes #Trying Quotes #Demand Quotes

“The last time I wore an animal hide; but this time I settled for this." Eric had been wearing a long trench coat. Now he threw it off dramatically, and I could only stand and stare. Normally, Eric was a blue-jeans-and-T-shirt kind of guy. Tonight, he wore a pink tank top and Lycra leggings[...]They were pink and aqua, like the swirls down the side of Jason's truck.”
“I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.”
“Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music.”
“Remember laughter. You'll need it even in the blessed isles of Ever After.”
“When you are a professional sportsman all the guys are great competitors in the top 50.”
“When you say we're bringing a product to market, you make sure you execute.”
“My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It turns out it takes 30 years for a new idea to seep into the culture. Technology does not drive change. It is our collective response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change.”

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