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Epictetus quote: "Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should..."

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

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To be regularly gay was to do every day the gay thing that they did every day. To be regularly gay was to end every day at the same time after they had been regularly gay. They were regularly gay. They were gay every day. They ended every day in the same way, at the same time, and they had been every day regularly gay. Gertrude Stein
What is the part of wisdom? To dream with one eye open; to be detatched from the world without being hostile to it; to welcome fugitive beauties and pity fugitive sufferings, without forgetting for a moment how fugitive they are. George Santayana
Milan Kundera quote: "Yes, if you're looking for infinity, just close your eyes!"
Yes, if you're looking for infinity, just close your eyes! Milan Kundera
My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders from his task. Pierre Loti
Every day has its great grief or its small anxiety. ... One cloud is dispelled, another forms. There is hardly one day in a hundred of real joy and bright sunshine. Victor Hugo
Inside, my soul became so cold I hated everything. I even despised the sun, for I knew I would never be able to play in its warm presence. I cringed with hate whenever I heard other children laughing, as they played outside. My stomach coiled whenever I smelled food that was about to be served to somebody else, knowing it wasn't for me. Dave Pelzer
In the strange heat all litigation brings to bear on things, the very process of litigation fosters the most profound misunderstandings in the world. Renata Adler
I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career. William Joyce
Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf. Jesse Jackson
sometimes I think I've got this hard kernel in my heart, and nothing much can get inside it. I doubt if I can really love anybody. Haruki Murakami
Cynthia Nixon quote: "I'm so not a financial person."
I'm so not a financial person. Cynthia Nixon
Christopher Hitchens quote: "Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and..."
Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint. Christopher Hitchens
I view the whole thing as a collaboration. As an actor, I always found that to be the most freeing thing, when the director would collaborate with you, so that together you'd come up with something exponentially better. Tony Goldwyn
Whenever we have had a need for a national security or public safety issue, Congress has always followed the recommendations of the White House, regardless of who is in control, giving them the resources to keep America safe and to enforce our laws. Jim Sensenbrenner
Bob Dylan quote: "There is nothing so stable as change."
There is nothing so stable as change. Bob Dylan