"Because the world to-day is so constructed that no one can do what he would like to do, and he is forced, instead, to do what others wish him to do. Because the question of money always intrudesâ€”into what we do, into what we are, into what we wish to become, into our work, into our highest aspirations, even into our relations with the people we love!"

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Source : Alberto Moravia (2011). “Contempt”, p.170, New York Review of Books

Alberto Moravia

#People Quotes #Wish Quotes #World Quotes

“You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.”

Source : "Jeffrey Katzenberg picks up a humanitarian honor" by Todd Longwell, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 17, 2008.
“A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.”
“I might be doing a lot more theater, which is kind of what I love, but there's simply no time for.”
“Is it like a Harry Potter thing?" He turned his head then. "A what?" "A Harry Potter thing," she said again. "You know, don't say Voldemort's name because you might attract his attention?" He considered it. "You mean the children's book." "I have got to get you to watch more movies," she said. "You'd enjoy these. Yes, I mean the children's book.”
“Your number one customers are your people. Look after employees first and then customers last.”
“I'll tell you, my friends: it's all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of companionship and love. The razor-sharp edges of companionship and love.”
“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”
“EVERYTHING is dependent on whether or not we care... CHOOSE to care, CHOOSE to want, CHOOSE to do the right thing....”

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