"If you want to change the world, make something beautiful."

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Source : William H. McRaven's Commencement Address at the University of Texas at Austin, news.utexas.edu. May 16, 2014.

Charlie Peacock

#Beautiful Quotes #World Quotes #Want Quotes

“I was with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq, really in the middle of nowhere, about 80 miles south of Baghdad. And it was almost midnight, and I got a computer message from the home office of the Washington Post asking me to call them. I did call them and was told that I'd won the Pulitzer Prize.”
“Once your thoughts reflect what you genuinely wan to be, the appropriate emotions and the consequent behaviour will flow automatically. Believe it and you will see it.”
“A well-tailored suit is important - and I don't like wearing belts with mine - it should be tailored to your body.”
“My father was a racing driver, his name is Don Halliday. I grew up with it all around me. I have always been into fast, dangerous sports, even as a child. As soon as I got in a car I knew it was for me and that I would enjoy racing and competing. My mother was also involved in Solo One. She always said I was like my father and would want to compete one day.”
“This is suffering's lesson: pay attention. The important part might come in a form you do not recognize.”

Source : Sarah Manguso (2011). “The Two Kinds of Decay”, p.183, Granta
“There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep.”
“Two things help to keep one's job. First, let the boss think he's having his own way. Second, let him have it.”
“Philanthropy lies at the heart of human greatness.”

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