"A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag."

-- Margaret Thatcher

#Country Quotes #Men Quotes #Flags Quotes

“As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it.”
“Campo, as everyone in chess recognized, had a 2600 rating as a politician.”
“In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us.”
“The primary factor is proportions.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We know of no spectacle more ridiculousâ€”or more contemptibleâ€”than that of the religious reactionaries who dare to re-write the history of our republic. Or who try to do so. Is it possible that, in their vanity and stupidity, they suppose that they can erase the name of Thomas Jefferson and replace it with the name of some faith-based mediocrity whose name is already obscure? If so, we cheerfully resolve to mock them, and to give them the lie in their teeth.”
“With Portlandia, I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy.”
“After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.”

Source : Kenneth Grahame (2016). “The Wind in the Willows”, p.5, Xist Publishing
“If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy.”

Source : "The Literary 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Novelists, Playwrights, and Poets of All Time". Book edited by Daniel S. Burt, July 1998.

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