"The greater the effort, the greater the glory."

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Source : "Character: Pauline". "Polyeucte" by Pierre Corneille, act IV, scene v, 1642.

Pierre Corneille

#Effort Quotes #Glory Quotes

“Extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. This is our true state; this is what makes us incapable of certain knowledge and of absolute ignorance... This is our natural condition, and yet most contrary to our inclination; we burn with desire to find solid ground and an ultimate sure foundation whereon to build a tower reaching to the Infinite. But our whole groundwork cracks, and the earth opens to abysses.”
“Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible. Or the storyteller posits a series of dots that the reader can connect.”
“There are too many unpredictable things that can happen within two months. To me, the ideal trade lasts ten days, but I approach every trade as if I'm only going to hold it two or three days.”
“There are a lot of robots who can open clicks. And they can click instead of human beings and this is damaging the confidence and the trust that the client has on programmatic.”

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“Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it”
“Back-to-School Chats, Advice from Mothers to Their Daughters.”

Source : "Back-to-School Chats, Advice from Mothers to Their Daughters". Book by George Bradt, September 8, 2010.
“When people ask me now about why I make art, I think that's what I'm seeking - a moment of transcendence with a piece. Because otherwise you're just in the hustle, you're trying to pay your bills, to do this and that, and then there's that unique moment, when you're not thinking about the market, or if it's going to sell, and all of that bullshit.”

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“The people have to know what my portraits are like in order to behave in such a way that the result is one of my portraits.”

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