I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
#quotes #osamu-dazai #life #mother #hardship

Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #mistakes

Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
#quotes #p-j-o-rourke #health #insurance #medicine

The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She had a strong sense that a better, more exciting, more rewarding life than that which had been the lot of her parents and grandparents was hers by right. In this she was guilty of nothing more serious than the arrogance of youth, from which every generation suffers and by which it distinguishes itself from the preceding one. ~James Robertson
#quotes #james-robertson #world #struggle

Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
#quotes #joe-torre #friendship #memories #work

Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
#quotes #james-mooney #hats

Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
#quotes #joyce-carol-oates #criticism #art

I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
#quotes #franco-nero #eating

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
#quotes #jose-marti #light

Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
#proverbs #death

I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
#quotes #shirley-jones #popularity #oscars

Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
#quotes #jack-nicholson #beer

I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
#quotes #jessye-norman #mind #experience #world

The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
#quotes #john-shelton-reed #south #san-jose

A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
#quotes #jose-saramago #women

Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. ~Joyce Meyer
#quotes #joyce-meyer #culture #western

The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
#quotes #jacki-weaver #acting