One of my favorite quotes is:
Because I do it with a little ship, I’m called pirate; because you do it with a big fleet you’re called emperor.
In an interesting twist, the quote is not from somebody famous; however it was said to none other than Alexander the Great.
The legend says Alexander was holding court to a person accused of piracy and that the Great conqueror was pounding on the little guy, really making him feel small as a bug. The pirate stood his ground, as quoted above and it is said that Alexander was so impressed by the comeback that felt no other choice but to release the prisoner.
Another favorite quote of mine is uttered by Giancarlo Giannini in the 1995 movie A Walk in the Clouds:
Just because I talk with an accent doesn't mean I think with an accent.
Maybe because that is how I feel being a non-native English writer.
But enough with the quotes, as Ralph Waldo Emerson said:
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
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