"I have striven for perfection, it has always eluded me, but I surely had an obligation to make one more try."

-- Giuseppe Verdi

#Perfection Quotes #Trying Quotes #Obligation Quotes

“Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business.”
“Her (India's) great curse is caste; but English education has already proved a tremendous power in levelling the injurious distinctions of caste.”

Source : Speech at Hannover Square Rooms on the occasion of a Soiree held to welcome him, April 12, 1870.
“Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me.”

Source : "Mohammad Ali Jinnah : A Political Study" by M. H. Saiyid, (p. 9), 1962.
“Nothing in physics seems so hopeful to as the idea that it is possible for a theory to have a high degree of symmetry was hidden from us in everyday life. The physicist's task is to find this deeper symmetry.”
“Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.”
“There is something incredibly arousing about being wanted. I pulled my hand back and sucked in a deep breath. â€œAdam,â€ I said.”
“Sometimes, a novel is like a train: the first chapter is a comfortable seat in an attractive carriage, and the narrative speeds up. But there are other sorts of trains, and other sorts of novels. They rush by in the dark; passengers framed in the lighted windows are smiling and enjoying themselves.”
“It's like this: The time between having an idea and its public launch is measured in days not months, weeks not years.”

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