"World can be a bewildering place,and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps"

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Source : Rohinton Mistry (2008). “Tales from Firozsha Baag”, p.117, Faber & Faber

Rohinton Mistry

#Dream Quotes #Ambition Quotes #World Quotes

“The best theory is inspired by practice.”
“The phrase I use is 'easy camaraderie.' Non-western immigrants of color and their progeny like me - my parents came here fifty years ago and I was born and raised in Rochester - whether it's Teju Cole, or Rudresh Mahanthappa, or Himanshu Suri, or Miya Masaoka, or Barack Obama, we all have that in common. And that's different from being descended from enslaved African captives. I am very conscious of that difference, and conscious of how easy it is to forget about it. I find myself always coming up against that.”
“I'm just here so I won't get fined.”

Source : "Marshawn Lynch applies to trademark 'I'm just here so I won't get fined'". www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2015.
“As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail, at dawn of day Are scarce, long leagues apart, descried.”
“The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.”
“Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.”
“The hardest part of growing up is learning how to wait”
“Because we are afraid of life, we seek to control or master it.”

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