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I absolutely refuse the fame part of my business. I refuse even the money side of my business. I try to do as good work as I can do, I try to grow in my art and reach for truth. That's what I want from my art, that's what I aspire to. ↗

— Connie Nielsen

#art #aspire #business #even #fame

The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” (August 9, 1955) ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#inspirational #wisdom #inspirational

Architecture is invention. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#invention

I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#architect #before #brazilian #cannot #i

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#character #determined #experiences #had #lack

Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

#already #doing #eye #goal #having

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself. ↗

— Florence Nightingale

#how #however #itself #lose #matters

I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's a point to it.' ↗

— Harry Nilsson

#branches #came #everything #houses #i

I have the instruments, ideas, technology, computer techniques. We try to create or see something, which has not been known before - just to discover something together. This is always my dream. ↗

— Lennart Nilsson

#been #before #computer #create #discover

Of course, today at the Karolinska Institute, I am working with some top experts - even some Nobel prize winners. They have the latest news and I have the technique. ↗

— Lennart Nilsson

#course #even #experts #i #i am