"Lenin sensed that Tukhachevsky was a kindred spirit. He delegated the most responsible jobs to the obscure lieutenant."

-- Mikhail Tukhachevsky

#Jobs Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Obscure Quotes

“A bubble is only called that after it bursts, after the insiders get out, leaving the pension funds and small investors, Canadians and other naïve investors holding the bag.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“William strode to her. Thatâ€™s how itâ€™s done. Drink it in. She surveyed the carnage behind him. â€œDid you have fun?â€ He showed her his teeth. â€œYes. Now they wonâ€™t take you anywhere.â€ Cerise stepped closer to him, so close he only needed to lean in and dip his head and he would kiss her. Since he saved her, maybe he could just grab her andâ€” â€œThat was the stupidest thing you have done since Iâ€™ve met you,â€ she ground out through her teeth. Belay the grabbing.”
“I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is to lead my country through service.”
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
“I would not describe myself as an avid jazz fan and I am not a jazz musician myself. However, that is not to say that jazz does not play a vital and important role in my life.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“She drinks pints of coffee and writes little observations and ideas for stories with her best fountain pen on the linen-white pages of expensive notebooks. Sometimes, when it's going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish for stationery.”

Source : David Nicholls (2009). “One Day”, p.104, Hachette UK
“Knowledge knocks on the door of action. If it receives a reply, it stays. Otherwise, it departs.”
“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are not trained to withhold judgment in the absence of evidence, they will be led astray by cocksure prophets, and it is likely that their leaders will be either ignorant fanatics or dishonest charlatans. To endure uncertainty is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues.”

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