"Teach me. Lord, my true condition; Bring me childlike to Thy knee; Stripped of every low ambition, Willing to be led by Thee."

-- Henry Francis Lyte

#Ambition Quotes #Humility Quotes #Knees Quotes

“I always was going to be a writer. The other jobs were just to keep me in food. Though I enjoyed the archaeology.”
“I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win.”
“In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.”
“It is not often given in a noisy world to come to the places of great grief and silence.”
“Simply from the fact that we have regarded a thing with the emotion of pleasure or pain, though that thing be not the efficient cause of the emotion, we can either love or hate it.”
“I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it!”
“If you don't know,say so. It's a simple statement that enhances credibility.”

Source : W Brett Wilson (2012). “Redefining Success: Still Making Mistakes”, p.97, Penguin Canada
“I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.”

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