"With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive."

-- Gao Xingjian

#Lying Quotes #Trying Quotes #Alive Quotes

“An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.”
“Let a man be firmly principled in his religion, he may travel from the tropics to the poles, it will never catch cold on the journey.”

Source : William Morley Punshon (1873). “Lectures and Sermons”, p.8, Adam, Stevenson
“I'm totally formed by my mother's interest in fashion. As a Hungarian immigrant, she couldn't afford clothes. She made all her clothes from patterns. It was not dÃ©passÃ© to make your own clothes, it was a respected skill and it was financially expedient. I learned that doing it yourself, having self-discipline and working went hand in hand. To work passionately at something is the key. I'm fortunate and blessed to have had, for the most part in my life, the privilege to work at something I'm passionate about.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“The places we have known do not belong solely to the world of space in which we situate them for our greater convenience. They were only a thin slice among contiguous impressions which formed our life at that time; the memory of a certain image is but regret for a certain moment; and houses, roads, avenues are as fleeting, alas, as the years.”
“Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.”
“Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.”
“I was brought up in a very small town in upstate New York.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 1996.
“Sign on a High School bulletin board in Dallas: Free every Monday through Friday-knowledge. Bring your own containers.”

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