"A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be."

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Source : Steven Brust (2003). “The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha”, p.83, Macmillan

Steven Brust

#Ambition Quotes #Men Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.”
“Before you go,mate,turn on the telly. Something raunchy too. Think I'll rub off one before I go to sleep”
“I love stretching in the morning. It's the first thing I do when I wake up because getting a good back-crack is so extremely satiating. I feel taller when I finally stand.”
“I've succeeded a lot but there's still so much to do.”

Source : "Love & Hip Hop’s Erica Mena Goes ‘Underneath It All’". Interview with Thomas C. Burrell, www.parlemag.com. April 30, 2013.
“There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him.”
“Sometimes our thoughts turn back toward a corner in a forest, or the end of a bank, or an orchard powdered with flowers, seen but a single time on some happy day, yet remaining in our hearts and leaving in soul and body an unappeased desire which is not to be forgotten, a feeling that we have just rubbed elbows with happiness.”
“This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.”

Source : Interview with Michael Wohl, www.peachpit.com.
“If onlyâ€¦the saddest words in the English language.”

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