"Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word."

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Lord Acton

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #Personality Quotes

“I'm like a movie director, so wherever I feel that I need to go over this type of beat, that's what I'm going to do, that's where I'm going to go.”

Source : Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. October 5, 2009.
“If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?”
“Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.”
“Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it.”
“And know if I'll only be true to the glorious quest That my heart lies peaceful and calm When I'm laid to my rest.”
“The biggest reason that positive endings don't happen is because employees are trained on policies and rules rather than principles.”
“Once in a Moscow chess club I saw how two first-category players knocked pieces off the board as they were exchanged, so that the pieces fell onto the floor. It was as if they were playing skittles and not chess!”
“I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their 'ideas' that appeal to me. I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor”

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