For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONCricket – a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.
More 3rd Baron Mancroft, Benjamin Mancroft Quotes
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No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER -
I chip and carve until I’m a corpse – a bone with no marrow, or a sparrow without wings, a vein without wings, a vein without blood, a puppet with no strings.
JESSICA WILDE -
Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON -
I always keep cards people send me. I have a whole wall covered with them.
EMMA WATSON -
Love’s very pain is sweet, But its reward is in the world divine Which, if not here, it builds beyond the grave.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY -
Women think black is the most flattering color, but they’re wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.
OSCAR DE LA RENTA -
The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath…. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
HIPPOCRATES -
The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.
BEN BERNANKE -
It’s a very good thing to teach kids to finish what they started in the sense of fulfilling their commitments.
ANGELA DUCKWORTH -
An unusual counterpoint between personal history and the history of a young nation. Haunting, powerful, and beautifully written.
ALAN LIGHTMAN -
I’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
We’re all trying to do the best we can with competing responsibilities, limited time, and lofty goals, but we’re doing it and that’s all that matters.
ELIZABETH LEAH -
I know film industry is not a very healthy place to be in.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
You don’t realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It’s a card you get so you can navigate society.
ADAM CAROLLA