"You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty."

-- Louisa May Alcott

#Real Quotes #Conceited Quotes #Long Quotes

“No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.”

Source : "Benazir, the steely and vulnerable" by Lyse Doucet, news.bbc.co.uk. December 29, 2007.
“There are some conversations that are undeniably improved when the rule going in is that you have to stand behind what you say and have to wear a name tag when you do it. But that's certainly not all conversations. People might be prepared to ethically stand behind what they say, but might be in a position that they can't afford to lose their house over it. Speech shouldn't just be for people with lawyers.”
“I pretend something scary is in front of me.”
“The creed of evil has been, since the beginnings of highly industrialized society, not only a precursor of barbarism but a mask of good. The worth of the latter was transferred to the evil that drew to itself all the hatred and resentment of an order which drummed good into its adherents so that it could with impunity be evil.”

Source : Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.94, Verso
“Love me, even if it's a lie. Leave me yet never say goodbye”
“Improvise when obstacles present themselves. Happy accidents are magic! Have an open mind.”
“Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many players think of a football as something to kick. They should be taught to caress it and to treat it like a precious gem.”

Source : Quoted in David PickeringThe Cassell Soccer Companion (1994).
“You didn't quit skateboarding because you got old, you got old because you quit skateboarding.”

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