"We need a Napoleon. An Alexander. Except that Napoleon lost in the end, and Alexander flamed out and died young. We need a Julius Caesar, except that he made himself a dictator, and died for it."

-- Orson Scott Card

#Needs Quotes #Dictator Quotes #Ends Quotes

“To be a great artist, you have to be willing to take risks and to do things that no one would ever pay you for - at first.”

Source : " How Do You Make a Living as an Independent Filmmaker? It’s Not Easy" by Paula Bernstein, www.indiewire.com. December 16, 2014.
“The red sands of Marrakesh, sprawling at the foot of the Atlas like a wounded Leviathan.”

Source : Rosita Forbes (1928). “Adventure”
“The guillotine was most effective and used until fairly recently.”
“If you're satisfied with everything you're just going to stay at one level and the world will move ahead.”
“But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.”
“Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate.”

Source : Gina Barreca (2009). “It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World”, p.13, Macmillan
“Life seems to speed up as we get older because life gets less memorable as we get older.”
“Messi is class. There is him, and then there is the rest. What he does is extraordinary.”

Source : "Ribery: Messi is in a class of his own" by Mark Doyle, www.goal.com. April 21, 2013.

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