"Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences."

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Source : "Banquet of Consequences". Speech by Bart Chilton, Commissioner Commodity Futures Trading Commission before the Environmental Markets Association 12th Annual Fall Conference, Seattle, Washington, www.cftc.gov. November 19, 2008.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#Life Quotes #Reality Quotes #Banquets Quotes

“The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.”
“A couple of girls I've signed autographs for have just cried or broken out into tears.”

Source : "Seventeen Gets the Scoop from Twilight's Chaske Spencer!". Interview with Seventeen, www.seventeen.com. August 13, 2009.
“"Rock on, my mellow!" "B-boys, b-girls, are you ready?" "This is the joint!" "To the beat, y'all!" "You don't stop!"”
“A great brand starts with a hero product.”
“I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.”
“Porthos: He thinks he can challenge the mighty Porthos with a sword... D'Artagnan: The mighty who? Porthos: Don't tell me you've never heard of me. D'Artagnan: The world's biggest windbag? Porthos: Little pimple... meet me behind the Luxembourg at 1 o'clock and bring a long wooden box. D'Artagnan: Bring your own... Porthos: [laughs]”
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”
“We are here to become great men and women, and with that purpose in view, we must eliminate everything in our religion and philosophy that tends to make the human mind a dependent weakling. If you would serve God and be truly religious, do not kneel before God, but learn to walk with God, and do something tangible every day to increase the happiness of mankind. This is religion that is worth while, and it is such religion alone that can please the Infinite.”

Source : Christian D. Larson (2012). “The Optimist Creed”, p.339, Penguin

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