"If I wanted to be free, truly free, I had to choose. There were many points on the compass rose; I had to locate the few that were meant for me. Not any destination picked at random; I had to head for those that summoned me with a passion, for they were the ones that gave meaning to my life. I had to ignore the warnings of those who would tell me why I couldn't do what I wanted to do."

-- Richard Bode

#Passion Quotes #Rose Quotes #Warning Quotes

“Spring is beautiful, and smells sweet. Spring is when you shake the curtains, and pound on the rugs, and take off your long underwear, and wash in all the corners.”

Source : Virginia Cary Hudson (1964). “O Ye Jigs & Juleps”
“Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims.”
“I've always been an entrepreneur, but it's never been about the money. I like a challenge, the harder the better.”
“There is a sad tendency in our world today for persons to cut one another down. Did you ever realize that it does not take very much in the way of brainpower to make remarks that may wound another? Try the opposite of that. Try handing out compliments.”
“With scheduling and the way projects come up, I take the first thing that interests me and that moves me. If it's going to be fun, if I'm going to have a good time, and I'm going to enjoy the people I'm with, then that's a good enough reason to do it.”

Source : Interview with Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero, comicvine.gamespot.com. January 28, 2009.
“The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy.”
“You wear nice clothes, you seek respect, you make a lot of money, but what's the point? It's all pointless. Of course, this kind of meaninglessness might suit this crappy nation. But, you see, we still have emotions like joy and happiness, right? They may not mount to much. But they fill up our emptiness. That's the only explanation I have.”
“All my life, I've stayed at parties too long because I didn't know when to go.”

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