"I didn't think I would ever meet a noble who wasn't corrupt. Now that I have, I find that I prefer them when they're greedy bastards. (Brom to Eragon)"

-- Christopher Paolini

#Thinking Quotes #Noble Quotes #Eragon Quotes

“Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.”
“A lot of negative words adults call the young, like 'naive,' 'impulsive' and 'way too connected online,' are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.”
“What is perceptible to oneâ€™s mistrust is the cut-and-dried way that life is divided up and the ready-made form it assumes, the ever-recurring sameness of it, the pre-formations passed down by generation after generation, the ready-made language not only of the tongue but also of the sensations and the feelings.”
“Contentment is wanting what you have. Ambition is wanting what another has. Progress comes from wanting what nobody has.”
“The key to your universe is that you can choose.”
“It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or plumbers have just as much of a responsibility to do that as artists.”
“It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?”
“For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.”

Source : "John Bercow says he is ready for the Speaker's role" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2009.

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