"The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong."

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Source : George William Curtis (1856). “Works: Potiphar papers”, p.211

George William Curtis

#Strong Quotes #World Quotes #Made Quotes

“I have not seen that standardised tests make the profession less attractive, though some principals respond to them in a way that drives the best teachers out of their schools (by over-emphasising test prep in the school curriculum for example). On the other hand, great teachers want benchmarks to measure progress and tests can help with that.”

Source : Source: www.economist.com
“But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live in the world of today.”

Source : Osamu Dazai (2013). “Blue Bamboo: Tales by Dazai Osamu”, p.20, BookBaby
“You have an amazing ability to depress me sometimes, you know that?" "I try my best.”
“The music of all the different media of life-memories, images, feeling-tones, poetic-musical connotations of phrasing-is kaleidoscopic and doesn't repeat itself or recur. -People who think they are trapped in a river of regularized and ever-repeating time are merely the victims of their own ordinarizing minds that have elaborated for them a prison-cell of everydayness. The fountains of time, history, life, inspiration, etc. are fresh every instant, if one knows how to grasp them with some finesse: every instant within natural, historical, and personal time is unique.”
“It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from my window that can't stand it. In Switzerland it's the lack of noise that drives me crazy.”
“I'm a guy who gets more out of life than some people - more out of one big breath of fresh air than most people get from breathing in and out for a lifetime.”
“Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.”
“Some people won, some people lost [the Grammys] but Taylor Swift gets to wake up as Taylor Swift so she's winning.”

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