“People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think of them.”
Diane Setterfield (1964) English novelist
Original: Per vivere in pace, bisogna sempre fregarsene di ciò che pensano gli altri.
Source: prevale.net
“People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think of them.”
Diane Setterfield (1964) English novelist
“Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.”
Tom Bissell (1974) American journalist
“I never think about what I want. It's about what you want to give to other people.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
As quoted in The Money Adventure (1998) by Egbert Sukop, p. 128
“Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.”
Mercedes Lackey book Exile's Honor
Source: Exile's Honor
“And, like the great damned souls, I shall always feel that thinking is worth more than living.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Source: The Book of Disquiet
Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999) Argentine novelist
"La vida es difícil. Para estar en paz con uno mismo hay que decir la verdad. Para estar en paz con el prójimo hay que mentir."
Descanso de caminantes, 2001.
“Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.”
John Scalzi book Old Man's War
Source: Old Man's War
“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…