"Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old."

-- Rudyard Kipling

#Too Much Quotes #Asia Quotes #West Quotes

“no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.”
“Do you conceive of your Lord as less because? He shows that humiliation is the best road to exaltation (cf. Mt. 23:12); because He humbles Himself for the sake of the soul that is bent down to the ground, that He may even exalt within Himself that which is bent double under a weight of sin?... If so, you must blame the physician for stooping over suffering and putting up with evil smells in order to give health to the sick?”
“Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Coach Lombardi had the nerve to draft me number oneAnd I said I have to repay this man for having the nerve to draft me number one.”
“So the Dark did a simple thing. They showed the maker of the sword his own uncertainty and fear. Fear of having done the wrong thing--fear that having done this one great thing, he would never again be able to accomplish anything of great worth--fear of age, of insufficiency, of unmet promise. All such great fears, that are the doom of people given the gift of making, and lie always somewhere in their minds.”

Source : Susan Cooper (2010). “Silver on the Tree”, p.163, Simon and Schuster
“Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love.”
“Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.”
“Tradition is a fine thing. Nothing comes out of the blue, except perhaps thunderbolts and they are not really very useful things.”

Source : Stacy Aumonier (1921). “The Golden Windmill: And Other Stories”

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