"Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?"

-- William Makepeace Thackeray

#Doubt Quotes #Quality Quotes #World Quotes

“A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.”
“It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift.”
“I really just dabble in music; I really just did a few albums for my fans.”
“I like stuff designed by dead people. The old designers. They always got it right because they didn't have to grow up with computers. All of the people that made the spoon and the dishes and the vacuum cleaner didn't have microprocessors and stuff. You could do a good design back then.”
“This perversion of the truth, familiar to the artist though it was, always unnerved him afresh and proved too much for him. What was a consequence of the premature ending of his fast was here presented as the cause of it! To fight against this lack of understanding, against a whole world of nonunderstanding, was impossible.”
“The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.”
“I was bullied as a kid, and I got a job on television. And I had a camera. And so I wanted to go after those business bullies. And I just have been following that instinct.”
“I like the Internet as place to get instant gratification: posting a comic online is the quickest way to get attention for your art, but I have been talking to a lot of younger, aspiring cartoonists who very quickly get discouraged if they aren't getting a lot of attention immediately. This can also be aggravated by artists who appear to be really quickly Tumblr-famous, and get lots of notes on their work.”

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