“Sometimes I have the feeling that you are not quite aware--and this honors you--of the historical greatness of your position, that you think too modestly about yourself. Everything you do is destined to be of historic significance. One day, your letters, your decisions, will belong to all mankind, like those of Wagner and Brahms.” ThinkingSometimesFeelingsDecisionMankindPositionGreatnessHonorOne DayLettersHistoricalSignificanceAbout YourselfDestinedHistoricWagnerBrahms Book:A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935 Source: A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935
“You hear people say: "One day, when I'm in a good position I can make my passion project." I've seen a lot of people get into that position and not make it.” PeopleI CanPassionPositionOne DayProjectsMy Passion Author:Judd Apatow
“I honestly never dreamed at the time that I would one day own the Starbucks and or be in a position where we would have more than 10,000 stores around the world. It has just been an incredible journey for all of us.” WorldJourneyPositionOne DayIncrediblesStoresHonestlyAround The WorldStarbucks Author:Howard Schultz
“[Eugene Smith] was always writing these diatribes about truth, and how he wanted to tell the truth, the truth, the truth. It was a real rebel position. It was kind of like a teenager's position: why can't things be like they should be? Why can't I do what I want? I latched on to that philosophy. One day I snapped, hey, you know, I know a story that no one's ever told, never seen, and I've lived it. It's my own story and my friends' story.” KnowsWantShouldWritingKindRealPhilosophyStoriesWantedMy OwnPositionOne DayMy FriendsHeyTeenagerTelling The TruthRebelHey You Author:Larry Clark
“I don`t think most people would want me to have a business relationship as a senator where my business partners can reap the benefit of my position and I one day get the share the profits.” PeopleThinkingWantSharePositionOne DayBenefitsProfitPartnersWant MeSenatorsReapBusiness PartnersBusiness Relationship Author:Lindsey Graham
“Gastronomy is the French Foreign Legion. You don't need any qualifications. Just walk through the door and keep your head down. Be respectful - "Yes chef!" - and you'll be given a trade. One day you'll be in a position where you can put a roof over your children's heads, you can put food on their table, create security for them.” NeedsChildrenGivenWalksDoorsSecurityPositionOne DayTablesTradeYour ChildrenOver YouRoofChefRespectfulQualificationsLegionBe Respectful Author:Marco Pierre White
“You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society.” WellsEndsResponsibilityEnemyCareersPositionCircumstancesOne DayConflictStructureComplexesCastsThrownPatriotismUnusualDissentSense Of ResponsibilityDissidentsBranded Author:Vaclav Havel