"I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end."

-- Ella Maillart

#World Quotes #Ends Quotes

“Confound my genteel upbringing! I could not think of any name foul enough to call him.”

Source : Nancy Springer (2008). “The Case of the Left-Handed Lady: An Enola Holmes Mystery”, p.92, Penguin
“Smile... it irritates those who wish to destroy you.”
“A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.”

Source : "Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure", www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2013.
“Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.”
“not all drugs are good.. some of them are great”
“TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.”
“You don't need to manage the clock when you score in one play.”
“Let us face squarely the paradox that the world which goes to war is a world, usually genuinely desiring peace. War is the outcome, not mainly of evil intentions, but on the whole of good intentions which miscarry or are frustrated. It is made not usually by evil men knowing themselves to be wrong, but is the outcome of policies pursued by good men usually passionately convinced that they are right.”

Source : Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. June 12, 1935.

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