"My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen."

-- Neil Oliver

#Father Quotes #Self Quotes #Luck Quotes

“The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. It's irrelevant.”

Source : "Edward St Aubyn: 'Writing is horrible'". Interview with Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2011.
“Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.”
“If you're not working to get your business or investing operation to operate without you, you're thinking too small. Think team and systems.”
“Boldness, and again boldness, and always boldness!”

Source : Speech to Legislative Committee of General Defence, 2 Sept. 1792
“Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess what the writing on them will be.”
“Any time you can get up there and scare a few people, throw up some decent times, it builds up your confidence and also sends a message to other people.”
“Look at me! I'm big! I'm strong! I'm a superior example of froghood and capable of protecting us both!”

Source : E. D. Baker (2010). “The Frog Princess”, p.39, A&C Black
“Bush and Cheney were not misled by flawed intelligence; they used the flawed intelligence to mislead.”

Source : "George W. Bush’s CIA Briefer: Bush and Cheney Falsely Presented WMD Intelligence to Public" by David Corn, www.motherjones.com. May 19, 2015.

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