"There's a manner of speaking you use while lawyering. A manner as affected and rife with artifice as your average campaign speech, with a similar fear of offending."

-- Sergio De La Pava

#Average Quotes #Offending Quotes #Campaigns Quotes

“I grew up playing classical guitar, so everything I learned was rooted in technique, form, presentation.”
“We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent the many conflicts based on poverty, discrimination and exclusion (social, economic and political) that continue to plague humanity and destroy decades of development efforts. The vicious circle of human rights violations that lead to conflicts-which in turn lead to more violations-must be broken. I believe we can break it only by ensuring respect for all human rights.”
“Don't run with swords in your mouth!”
“Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' centre and enjoy bright day; But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the midday sun.”
“After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.”
“The short-cut to popularity is to lend everyone your ears, instead of giving them your tongue”

Source : Frank Bettger (2009). “How I Raised Myself From Failure”, p.102, Simon and Schuster
“You just can't beat the person who never gives up.”
“Discontent is like ink poured into water, which fills the whole fountain full of blackness.”

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