"The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well."

-- Pierre de Coubertin

#Giving Up Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Essentials Quotes

“German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell himself in China!”
“Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night. We were waiting for the rescuing dawn - or for the Moors. Something, I know not what, lent this night a savor of Christmas. We told stories, we joked, we sang songs. In the air there was that slight fever that reigns over a gaily prepared feast. And yet we were infinitely poor. Wind, sand, and stars. The austerity of Trappists. But on this badly lighted cloth, a handful of men who possessed nothing in the world but their memories were sharing invisible riches.”
“Texas has no system in place, and what you have is chaos.”
“Greatness can never be over because you can lay it down for a minute.”

Source : "Timbaland takes mic for "Shock Value"". Interview with Gail Mitchell, www.reuters.com. February 25, 2007.
“Well, my dad was into music, but he wasn't into me being into music. In my house when I was a kid, when I was real young, my dad wanted us all to play sports, and we were jock-like. We had a lot of money. And my brother was sort of the light of our family, and he was a good athlete. And I wasn't a very good athlete, but I tried to be. And then when I was 15 my dad went bankrupt, and we moved to Houston. And I went with him, but then I went back to Portland.”
“To be perfectly honest the old habits, specifically deadlines, still very much inform what I do. I am brutally disciplined about getting manuscripts in on time.”
“Our chances are always pretty good”
“A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.”

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