"Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars."

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Source : Gyles Brandreth (2008). “Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder: A Mystery”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

Gyles Brandreth

#Stars Quotes #Humble Quotes #Praise Quotes

“All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.”

Source : American journalist, 1973.
“I lost my father was I 10 years old, and I always looked for a father. I missed my father very much.”
“Babies are endlessly fascinating to look at and I'm obsessed about their complete and utter lack of guile.”
“I lost my brother when he was 30, and that was devastating for me. I don't know if I will ever get over it.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com
“I want to do things - scuba diving, sky diving, seeing the world. I'm an avid supporter of living life to its fullest and not always waiting for tomorrow.”
“I'm really not into that super-crazy-colour, smiley-faces-on-the-front-of-your-dress look. That's not my thing. You're not going to see me in pink. Or anything frilly. Or a tutu. Or bows.”

Source : "The close-up". Interview with Simon Chilvers, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2009.
“If, while hurrying ostensibly to the temple of truth, we hand the reins over to our personal interests which look aside at very different guiding stars, for instance at the tastes and foibles of our contemporaries, at the established religion, but in particular at the hints and suggestions of those at the head of affairs, then how shall we ever reach the high, precipitous, bare rock whereon stands the temple of truth?”
“Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes.”

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