"But in proverbe I have herde say,That who that wel his werk beginneth,The rather a good end he winneth."

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Source : John Gower (1857). “Confessio Amantis of John Gower”, p.4

John Gower

“Leaders are people we as followers want to regard with awe as the fullest flowering of our own possibilities.”
“I just wanted to live. I never wanted to hurt anyone. Please understand.”
“I think when you are truly stuck, when you have stood still in the same spot for too long, you throw a grenade in exactly the spot you were standing in, and jump, and pray. It is the momentum of last resort.”

Source : Renata Adler (2013). “Speedboat”, p.29, New York Review of Books
“If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.”
“I usually have a drink before a carpet because I find them really nerve-racking. Usually a tequila. An upper!”

Source : Source: www.justjared.com
“I cannot remember the time when I have not longed for death. ... for years and years I used to watch for death as no sick man ever watched for the morning.”
“There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.”
“I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.”

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