"Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls."

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Source : "The Comparable Max" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. August 3, 2015.

Max Beerbohm

#People Quotes #Weight Quotes #Golden Quotes

“I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.”
“I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.”
“Never seek financial independence in independent cinema since independent cinema doesn't make money.”
“In a scheme of policy which is devised for a nation, we should not limit our views to its operation during a single year, or even for a short term of years. We should look at its operation for a considerable time, and in war as well as in peace.”
“I can't explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn't really be a writer.”
“Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.”
“When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.”

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