"A man who sets out to justify his existence and his activities has to distinguish two different questions. The first is whether the work which he does is worth doing; and the second is why he does it (whatever its value may be)."

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G. H. Hardy

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“Most people don't want to work with liars. They'll work with a liar if the liar makes them money and gives them credit, but not if a person's lying extends to not making them money and not giving them credit.”

Source : Source: edition.cnn.com
“The only person I ever wanted to meet was Muhammad Ali. And of all the people I've ever met, he's the one who most impressed me. It's tough to listen to him. You gotta have patience. But you see how strong his mind is. Even now, he's one of the most intelligent people on the planet.”
“Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it.”
“You can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person.”
“...death is ultimately a dimension of life through which we journey into timelessness.”
“In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It's a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.”
“Many a man's tongue broke his nose.”

Source : Seumas MacManus (1950). “Heavy Hangs the Golden Grain”
“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

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