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Quote by Jean Genet
The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests an

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. – Jean Genet

Other quotes by Jean Genet

There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter. – Jean Genet

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Prison
Author
Jean Genet
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A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle. – Jean Genet

Category:
great
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Jean Genet
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Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. – Jean Genet

Category:
Dreams
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Jean Genet
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Other Quotes from
Success
category

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Success

The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, its just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers. – Matthew Perry

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Success

There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it always a combination of passion, dedication, hard work, and being in the right place at the right time. – Lauren Conrad

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Success

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmasters own personal example. – Robert Baden-Powell

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Success

Random Quotes

Seeking happiness, I passed many travelers headed in the opposite direction, seeking happiness. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Happiness

Theres a generation of people I think without a strong connection to family, to religion, to civic duty. They have a real disassociation from the problems of the world. – Tim Heidecker

Category:
Religion

Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are. – Robert Bresson

Category:
Film / Filmmaking / Movies

Personal law is simply the thought that controls your mind and your life more than any other thought. Finding that thought is the most valuable knowledge that you can have about yourself. It is like the leverage on personal change. It enables you to change very efficiently. – Leonard Orr

Category:
Knowledge