"Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome."

-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#Philosophical Quotes #People Quotes #Fame Quotes

“The written word is everything.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.4, Library of Alexandria
“We have happy days, remember good dinners.”
“I'm old enough, by a long shot, to remember going to the library and spending days researching. If I was looking for a line from a poem or something else I needed, that would be the trip I would have to take.”
“No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life. (Nick, page 156)”

Source : Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.94, Egmont UK
“Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional.”
“Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts. Five per cent, maybe less, are made because a man has an idea, an idea which he must express.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Democracy is a hegemonic tool of the West and contrary to Islam. Why do you act as though the entire world needs democracy? And when it comes to homosexuality, the issue is clearly dealt with by the Koran. It says it is forbidden and should be punished.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Publishers love to compartmentalize, and Second Chance was not an easy novel to define.”

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