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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
#quotes #william-falconer #navy #ships
quotistI am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
#quotes #sylvia-plath #purity #feminism
You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
#quotes #nick-flynn #self #universe #ego
Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
#quotes #george-eliot #feelings #human
I just can't sleep tonight knowing that things ain't right. ~Justin Bieber
#quotes #justin-bieber
How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
#quotes #robert-bringhurst #writing #poetry #money
A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
#quotes #daniel-burnham #architecture #work #hope
If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
#quotes #chang-rae-lee #love