"When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask."

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C. S. Forester

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“Tattoos are my way of expressing myself without the need for words.”
“An ideal's love-fraught, imperious call That bides the spheres become articulate.”
“Firmness is great; persistency is greater.”
“I can say with great confidence that I was much more critical of the people I knew than of the people I didn't. Just because I know what they're capable of, so the bar is set so much higher for them - unfairly, frankly.”

Source : "Life as Chris Lowell". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 28, 2014.
“Is yours an honest lament? ... Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.”
“When she set Shaneâ€™s glass of Coke down in front of him, she did it with probably a little too much emphasis; he glanced up at her with a question-mark expression.[...] â€˜â€˜What?â€™â€™ Shane asked her, and took a drink. â€˜â€˜Did I forget to say thanks? Because, thanks. Best Coke ever. Did you make it yourself? Special recipe?”
“Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than talents and accomplishments.”

Source : Edwin Percy Whipple (1866). “Character and Characteristic Men”, p.14
“In football you need to have everything in your cake mix to make the cake taste right. One little bit of ingredient that Tony Pulis uses in his cake gets talked about all the time is Rory's throw. Call that cinnamon and he's got a cinnamon flavoured cake.”

Source : "Blackpool Boss Ian Holloway Defends Tactics Of Stoke Counterpart Tony Pulis In Typically Eccentric Fashion". www.goal.com. December 11, 2010.

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