"It's the only thing that keeps me going these days, travelling. Changes of scene, changes of faces"

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Source : David Lodge (2011). “The Campus Trilogy: Changing Places; Small World; Nice Work”, p.275, Penguin

David Lodge

#Faces Quotes #Scene Quotes #These Days Quotes

“There are many ways to draw beautifully. It's important to let the drawing be an investigation and sometimes, in order to investigate, you need to go off the path.”
“The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc. You didn't even have to spend one second developing the character of any of the Eastern Bloc athletes. It was just good guys and bad guys.”

Source : "Ebersol’s Parting Thoughts". blogs.wsj.com. May 25, 2011.
“A deed happens in a definite place at a definite time, but if it be sufficiently great and pregnant, its virtue radiates everywhere in time and space.”
“Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.”
“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
“Just because we go through a difficult situation, it doesnâ€™t mean that the future is predetermined. The future is very much in our hands, in our actions.”
“Like I always say, it's a team effort. A lot of behind the scenes work goes in when we're at home.”
“If you ever find a man who is better than you are - hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.”

Source : David Ogilvy (2012). “The Unpublished David Ogilvy”, p.97, Profile Books

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