"Oh why was I born for this time? Before one is thirty to know more dead than living people."

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Cynthia Asquith

#People Quotes #Thirty Quotes #Born Quotes

“I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.”
“Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincide, while the many natures who at present pursue either one exclusively are forcibly prevented from doing so, cities will have no rest from evils,... nor, I think, will the human race.”
“Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.”
“We are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities”
“I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.”
“Learn the lick, but learn FROM the lick.”
“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”
“I'm fairly competitive.”

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