"I like old people, just as I like old trees: in their shadow there is freshness and peace, one admires them, and around them everything is so calm."

-- Svetlana Alliluyeva

#People Quotes #Tree Quotes #Age Quotes

“You have to be prepared to give creative work 150%. I hear a lot of young people talking about life/work balance, which I think is great when youâ€™re in your 30s. If youâ€™re in your 20s and already talking about that, I donâ€™t think you will achieve your goals. If you really want to build a powerful career, and make an impact, then you have to be prepared to put in blood, sweat, and tears.”
“(He) had not realized how much he needed this sweet, friendly sound. How much he needed someone to settle in next to him. He didn't know that he needed to not be so solitary until at last he wasn't. So many needs in one old dog.”

Source : Kathi Appelt (2012). “The Underneath”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster”
“Wikipedia is first and foremost an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language. Asking whether the community comes before or after this goal is really asking the wrong question: the entire purpose of the community is precisely this goal.”

Source : "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia". Wikipedia-l mailing list, March 08, 2005.
“Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form.”
“Katie, 90% of the things you worry about don't happen, and the 10% that do, you can't do anything about.”
“Je sais de quelles petitesses meurent les plus grandes amours. I know how pettiness ruins the greatest loves.”
“I'm a New Yorker, and working in New York was divine for me. I loved working there and going to work there, which I've been able to do three or four times in my career, and I just love it. It's my favorite.”

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