"One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read."

-- Nathalie Sarraute

#Writing Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Very Good Quotes

“Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an Islamic Republic is like.”
“And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.”

Source : Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Way of Kings”, p.818, Macmillan
“One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.”
“There are two things that you have to do in life: You have to die, and you have to live until you die. The rest is up to you.”
“I can guarantee you this, that more pension and benefit reforms which I will consider arbitration reform to be one of them, are things that when they come to my desk, they will be signed.”
“Assume the worst about people and you get the worst.”

Source : Ha-Joon Chang (2010). “23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism”, p.40, Penguin UK
“It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?”
“As for journalism education, there are some terrifically exciting things going on in some schools. Others are struggling to adapt. Curriculum changes can be slow, by design. Yet there are arguably more dynamic minds, old and young, gravitating to teaching than ever before, both on the research and scholarly side and on the side of what is called "professional practice," a term that usually refers to experienced journalists without Ph.D's moving to the academy.”

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