"It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it."

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Source : Arnold J. Toynbee (1949). “Civilization on Trial”

Arnold J. Toynbee

#Inspirational Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Believe Quotes

“I like to wear platform heels onstage and they're actually hard to find. But fans started putting money in them - so now they are filled with tons of bills. It's pretty amazing.”
“Someone comes and drags you in front of the camera, and they're already saying, "Okay, we got it. Moving on." You get one or two takes. So it's a tough job.”

Source : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
“The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.”

Source : William Carlos Williams (1994). “Asphodel, that Greeny Flower & Other Love Poems”, p.4, New Directions Publishing
“A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.”
“New York is like America with the volume turned up to 10.”
“In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the writers, like Chinua Achebe, and I wanted to be able to write rhymes that were as potent as what I was reading.”
“Being single doesn't mean your weak. It means your strong enough to wait for what you deserve.”
“Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one's first universe.”

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