I cannot stress enough the perils of your friends marrying or becoming court inventors. One day you are all a society of outlaws, adventurous comrades and companions who will be pushing off somewhere or other when things become tiresome; you have all the world to choose from, just by looking at the map… And then, suddenly, they’re not interested any more. They want to keep warm. They’re afraid of rain. They start collecting big things that can’t fit in a rucksack. They talk only of small things. They don’t like to make sudden decisions and do something contrariwise. Formerly they hoisted sail; now they carpenter little shelves for porcelain mugs. Tove Jansson
Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.
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Jaachynma N.E. Agu
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.
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Jaachynma N.E. Agu
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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Isaac Asimov
Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing but nobody else does.
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Steuart Henderson Britt
A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.
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Amit Kalantri
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