"Poor and free rather than rich and enslaved. Of course, men want to be both rich and free, and this is what leads them at times to be poor and enslaved."

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Albert Camus

#Men Quotes #Want Quotes #Rich Quotes

“Long ago, long ago. The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward.”

Source : Colum McCann (2009). “Let The Great World Spin”, p.72, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Your actions toward others are your bank deposit. It's easy to be good to nice people, but try to be caring to everyone. It is a test.”
“To try to regulate the internal affairs of a family, the relations of love or friendship, or many other things of the same sort, by law or by the coercion of public opinion, is like trying to pull an eyelash out of a man's eye with a pair of tongs. They may put out the eye, but they will never get hold of the eyelash”

Source : Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1874). “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, p.177
“I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.”
“I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it.”
“I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.”

Source : Attributed in "Do: Meditations for Brides" by Ellen Sue Stern, (p. 9), 1993.
“If you look at the world with parted lips and a pure heart, and will the good, won't that make a true and beautiful poem? One's heart tells one that it will; and one's heart is wrong. There is no direct road to Parnassus .”
“Casinos don't bring business except for the gambling boys”

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