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“It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.”
Terry Brooks (1944) American writer
Source: Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace
“Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.”
Tom Bissell (1974) American journalist
“What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library?”
Italo Calvino (1923–1985) Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels
Source: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
“I can’t imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.”
Scott Westerfeld (1963) American science fiction writer
“I want more from life than that and I have more to give.”
Judith McNaught book Whitney, My Love
Source: Whitney, My Love
“I shed more tears than God could ever have required.”
Arthur Rimbaud book Illuminations
Source: Illuminations
“Keep your secrets
Keep your silence
It is a better gift than truth”
Anne Rice book The Queen of the Damned
Source: The Queen of the Damned
“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”
John Kenneth Galbraith book The Affluent Society
Source: The Affluent Society (1958), Chapter 9, Section II, p. 103
“Laughter between two is sometimes a closer act of love than any other.”
Oswald Wynd book The Ginger Tree
Source: The Ginger Tree
“Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.”
Bashō Matsuo (1644–1694) Japanese poet
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Doin' It Again, Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics (1990)
Context: I know that. Some people don't want you to mention certain things. Some people don't want you to say this, some people don't want you to say that. Some people think if you mention some things they might happen. Some people are really fucking stupid. Did you ever notice that, how many stupid people you run into during the day? Goddamn there's a lot of stupid bastards walking around. Carry a pad and pencil with you, you'll wind up with thirty or forty names by the end of the day. Think about this; think about how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of 'em are stupider than that.
“A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
“Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.”
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) British economist
As quoted in When Genius Failed (2000) by Roger Lowenstein, p. 123; actually "Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent." from A. Gary Shilling, Forbes (1993) v. 151, iss. 4, p. 236; and again A. Gary Shilling in Semi information services seminar transcript, January 23 - 26, 1983: Newport Beach Marriott Hotel, Newport Beach, California p. 384 "... and the markets usually do anticipate recoveries. They've anticipated twelve of the last eight, I think. Of course, you need to keep in mind that the stock market can remain irrational a lot longer than you can remain solvent."
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“One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns…”
Mario Puzo (1920–1999) American Novelist
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
Arthur Conan Doyle book The Valley of Fear
Source: The Valley of Fear