"Boswell, when he speaks of his Life of Johnson, calls it my magnum opus, but it may more properly be called his opera, for it is truly a composition founded on a true story, in which there is a hero with a number of subordinate characters, and an alternate succession of recitative and airs of various tone and effect, all however in delightful animation."

-- James Boswell

#Hero Quotes #Character Quotes #Air Quotes

“If you make your best effort to be kinder, nurture compassion, make the world a better place, then you can say 'At least I've done my best.”
“Closed doors are a test of our faith. Keep moving forward, being your best, living with determination and faith. When you do, you'll see amazing changes all around you.”
“I believe in talent, and you believe in who you cast and help them go the distance.”
“Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed.”
“Happiness is indeed a Eurydice, vanishing as soon as gazed upon. It can exist only in acceptance, and succumbs as soon as it is laid claim to.”

Source : Denis de Rougemont (1983). “Love in the Western World”, p.280, Princeton University Press
“A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven - not excused or sublimated.”
“You will be paid in direct proportion to the value you create in the marketplace.”
“Dubai was a property bubble. Plain and simple. Go to Dubai and see what happened. It was... what I call it the 'Edifice complex' - it's just, we can grow by putting up lots and lots of buildings and trying to attract people to come here, stay here, and put up offices here and sooner or later, you put up too many.”

Source : "Q&A With Jim Chanos Part I: 'Greece Is A Prelude'". Interview with Vince Veneziani, www.businessinsider.com. April 13, 2010.

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