"The world laughs at things it would really prefer to admire, and like Aesop's fox it criticizes things it covets."

-- Giacomo Leopardi

#Laughing Quotes #World Quotes #Foxes Quotes

“Do not regret the past. Look to the future.”
“I want to share the ballet world with everyone.”
“Unfortunately, there are very few facilities which offer courses in the arts. Not all the secondary schools offer the subject for CXC examinations.”
“He who fears is literally delivered to destruction.”
“The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.”
“Unlike the Marxists, the Nazis did not advocate public ownership of the means of production. They did demand that the government oversee and run the nation's economy. The issue of legal ownership is secondary; what counts is the issue of control. Private citizens, therefore, may continue to hold titles to property-so long as the state res...erves to itself the unqualified right to regulate the use of their property.”
“I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal.”

Source : Nick Hornby (2004). “The Polysyllabic Spree”, McSweeneys Books
“I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years - and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team.”

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