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“Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement - these are the martial virtues which must command success”
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“She was working to remind herself of who she was. She was working to remember that somewhere in another place entirely she was known and loved.”
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“Don't get offended, there's no need for insecurity, Age is but a number, it's all about maturity.”
Source : Song: Age Ain't Nothing But A No
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“Work is a means; it is not an end. And for any tasks that can be performed or eliminated by a capital instrument, human labor is not the best means... Furthermore, we have science, engineering and management - the three disciplines - that really plan and control the production of goods and services, trying to eliminate labor. Who the hell is government to come along and try to create labor? The people who are producing wealth are trying to eliminate toil, while the politicians are trying to create it.”
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“Certainly, the history of my life and the works of art which have especially enriched it is precisely that: the depiction or incantation of a handful of metaphors whose spendour rests upon their intonation.”
Source : Michael Ayrton (1971). “The Rudiments of Paradise: Various Essays on Various Arts”
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“Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.”
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“I get way too much happiness from good food.”
Source : "Actress Elizabeth Olsen Travels with Sea Salt". Interview with Alyssa Shelasky, www.bonappetit.com. October 04, 2013.
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“Bulgaria is fascinating. Because it had been a Communist country until the mid-80s, so it had just recently transitioned. And there were still the police towers on the street corners, where they look down - they were still there, although no one was in them.”
Source : "Rt Interview: Joan Cusack On War, Inc., The Unofficial Sequel to Grosse Point Blank". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 22, 2008.