"My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations."

#Inspiration Quotes #Decision Quotes

“Why aren't people more successful? Because most people do not select and pursue a vision without regard for other objectives. Most people shift from one activity to another without any focused or directed purpose, naively assuming that things will take care of themselves or will be taken care of by others. George Bernard Shaw said, "The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."”
“Corr stood here," Sean says wonderingly. "I would've died. He didn't have to stay." For a moment, I see that it doesn't matter that he didn't win. The fact of Corr's loyalty is a bigger thing than the ownership of him.”
“I don't know and I don't care anymore. I was supposed to have my way for once, just once in my life. I did everything right and I got nothing for it. I want to kill them all. no, better yet, I want to die. No, even bettter than that: I want to kill them all then die.”
“I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them.”
“I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule. Clarence Birdseye”

Source : Mark Kurlansky (2012). “Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man”, p.42, Anchor
“It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films.”
“Sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting.”
“If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak.”

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