"Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage."

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Source : George Horace Lorimer (2006). “Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

George Horace Lorimer

#Inspirational Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Courage Quotes

“I feel that this is my first year, that next year is an election year, that the third year is the mid point, and that the fourth year is the last chance I'll have to make a record since the last two years; I'll be a candidate again. Everything I do in those last two years will be posturing for the election. But right now I don't have to do that.”
“I realized how for all of us who came of age in the late sixties and early seventies the war was a defining experience. You went o r you didn't, but the fact of it and the decisions it forced us to make marked us for the rest of our lives, just as the depression and World War II had marked my parents.”

Source : Linda Grant (1991). “Blind Trust”, Fawcett Books
“When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.”
“But chiefly, no lies! No lies about there being a Santa Claus or about the world being full of noble and honorable people all eager to help each other and do good to each other. I'll tell her there are honor and goodness in the world, the same as there are diamonds and radium.”
“No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.”
“Jobs are hard to come by, so players are extremely motivated to do whatever it takes to keep their job.”
“It always fascinates me how you can get so much joy listening to another person, when me, personally, I can only listen to myself and my music these days. I've got some people in my iPod, but I only listen to myself. I'm folding into myself and I used to think that that was what you're supposed to do - you're supposed to reject everyone else and figure out who you are. You get little shards and points of reference, but that's how you confirm that only you know what is right for you. Everything else is pollution. What's starting to happen to me is sort of an identity crisis.”
“If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of The Creation.”

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