"When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human."

-- Walter Isaacson

#Writing Quotes #Biographies Quotes #Franklin Quotes

“Well it took many years. I started with many ideas, threw them away, started all over again. And eventually it evolved into what you see today at Disneyland”
“I loved repetition. Every time I turned on a light I knew what would happen. When I flipped the switch, the light went on. It gave me a wonderful feeling of security because it was exactly the same each time.”
“Dedication means spending whatever time or energy is necessary to accomplish the task at hand.”
“Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form a pile.”

Source : John Hersey (1946). “Hiroshima”, Knopf
“Fans will come if you have a good product.”
“One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.”
“My conscience is my crown,Contented thoughts my rest;My heart is happy in itself,My bliss is in my breast.Enough I reckon wealth;A mean the surest lot,That lies too high for base contempt,Too low for envy's shot.”

Source : Robert Southwell (1856). “The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull”, p.57
“Just be open, life is about a constant journey and I'm very spiritual, but I'm also in touch with what's going on around me and who I am, and you have to know yourself. So for me, that's what keeps me going is just being interactive.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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