"The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen."

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Source : John Hanning Speke (2007). “Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile”, p.25, Wipf and Stock Publishers

John Hanning Speke

#Lions Quotes #Heard Quotes

“The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.”
“I wish my father could be around.”

Source : "Sketches of the Winners", www.nytimes.com. April 6, 2004.
“Let us prove to the world that good taste, good art, and good writing can be good selling.”
“I'm happy to be everybody's gay best friend.”
“Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.”
“By college, I had a really grand, preposterous vision of myself as becoming a writer, but I don't think I had the discipline or the patience - or the ability or the humility. It took 20 years to acquire those things.”
“The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life.”
“I always love design but the more I designed for clients, the less I liked the process of designing for them. I do lettering and illustration for money, which clients don't mess with too much and web design for fun.”

Source : Source: www.digitalartsonline.co.uk

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