"Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through, but you get distracted by life events, e.g., books arriving in the mail/World War III, and you are temporarily deflected from your chosen path."

-- Nick Hornby

#War Quotes #Book Quotes #Reading Quotes

“It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something.”

Source : The Boston Globe, June 03, 2006.
“We have to recognise that the validation of identity comes through relationships we have and what we produce.”

Source : Eva Cox (1996). “Leading Women”
“Finding the right form of debate regarding Israeli policies will remain a challenge in Germany. Even with every conceivable and warranted criticism, the danger always arises that it will be exploited by those who consciously or unconsciously present anti-Semitism in a new guise.”
“The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.”
“Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.”

Source : "Honestly, It's Not All That Hard To Start A Company" by David Ulevitch, www.businessinsider.com. November 20, 2012.
“Donald Trump was, you know, obviously a very important businessman, billionaire, he was a reality show star and I think that he has had more success running for president than probably even he imagined.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“The more there is a European solution to a theoretical, but possible, problem in the markets, the less we will have to talk about an I.M.F. solution.”
“I have invested in four social networks. More than any other. But that's in Russia and Poland.”

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