"A man of talent is not born to be left to himself, but to devote himself to art and good masters who will make something of him."

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Source : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.181, Ravenio Books

Johann Peter Eckermann

#Art Quotes #Men Quotes #Talent Quotes

“I found Mick Jagger... very bright. I always liked him very much and still do.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Herschel Grynszpan's life was enigmatic, elusive and tragic. The traces he left on the historical record are just sufficient to tantalize and baffle historians. Harlan Greene has woven from these threads a riveting novel, erotic, haunting, and profoundly moving.”
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you don't go get your mammograms.”
“To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there is nothing special about it. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.”
“Iâ€™m super annoying, Iâ€™m the kind of guy that if thereâ€™s no recycling bins around I hoard plastic bottles, put them in my bag and I bring them home. If I can afford it I want to put solar panels in.”
“But Mole stood still a moment, held in thought. As one wakened suddenly from a beautiful dream, who struggles to recall it, but can recapture nothing but a dim sense of the beauty in it, the beauty! Till that, too, fades away in its turn, and the dreamer bitterly accepts the hard, cold waking and all its penalties.”

Source : Kenneth Grahame (2012). “The Wind in the Willows: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.73, Penguin
“Cyclists are a pain in the ass.”
“To live in the past is to die in the present.”

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