"Glory and fame mean twelve thousand francs' worth of paid articles in the newspapers and five thousand crowns' worth of dinners."

-- Honore de Balzac

#Mean Quotes #Twelve Quotes #Crowns Quotes

“This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.”
“I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them.”
“I'm doing great heart-wise. I get a complete stress test once a year, and those have gone well. I have stents in two arteries, and they are holding up. My other arteries haven't shown any additional clogging.”

Source : Interview with Amby Burfoot, www.runnersworld.com. April 5, 2012.
“I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books,”
“Your eye is a muscle, you have to keep it in shape and the more you draw, the more you see.”
“Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it.”
“There's never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You'd take one shot from him and you were sure he'd have seven or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer.”
“Everything I have and everything I do is now given completely to Jesus Christ.”

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