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#pursuit

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My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology and pursuits of the mind as being more impressive than artistic pursuits, which I saw a as kind of frivolous.


Scott McCloud


#being #dad #engineer #frivolous #had

It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.


Lord Melbourne


#confess #etc #failed #faults #his

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.


Plato


#being #country #following #half #instead

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.


Samuel Richardson


#different #manhood #only #our #proportioned

An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.


E. F. Schumacher


#because #contains #does #environment #fit

The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't an active part of it because I was more concerned with my own mental pursuits.


Patti Smith


#because #biggest #concern #concerned #doing

And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and especially rendering the Western world in greater peril.


Jeane Kirkpatrick


#detente #encouraging #especially #expansion #failed

When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map. The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey . . .


Jeanette Winterson


#life-journey #map #pursuit-of-happiness #change

Try not to be a man or woman of success, but rather a man or woman of inspiration. If you’re successful, they will flock to you for money or fame, but if you’re inspirational, they will flock to you because they love your soul and how you change theirs.


Shannon L. Alder


#aspirations #fame #goals #goodness #inspirational

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.


Mario Andretti


#commitment #desire #determination #enable #excellence






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