"You wish for something, you've wanted it for years, and you're sure you want it, as long as you know you can't have it. But if all at once it looks as though your wish might come true, you suddenly find yourself wishing you had never wished for any such thing."

-- Michael Ende

#Years Quotes #Long Quotes #Finding Yourself Quotes

“Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free”

Source : Aravind Adiga (2011). “Last Man in Tower”, p.419, Atlantic Books Ltd
“I don't want to be a politician. I want to be a leader.”
“The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views.”
“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
“The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind.”
“Whether you're moving to a new company or a new department within your current organization, I believe you'll end up miles ahead if you shop for a boss, not a position. You may secure the greatest job in the world, but a miserable boss will turn gold into ashes. ... In many ways, your boss may be more important than the job.”
“The other one he loved like a slave, like a madman and like a beggar. Why? Ask the dust on the road and the falling leaves, ask the mysterious God of life; for no one knows such things. She gave him nothing, no nothing did she give him and yet he thanked her. She said: Give me your peace and your reason! And he was only sorry she did not ask for his life.”
“Here in Florida we have something special we never enjoyed at Disneyland - the blessing of size. There's enough land here to hold all the ideas and plans we can possibly imagine.”

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