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Lois McMaster Bujold quotes about great

American Writer November 2, 1949

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Think of the glory. Think of your reputation. Think how great it'll look on your next resume."On my cenotaph, you mean. Nobody will be able to collect enough of my scattered atoms to bury. You going to cover my funeral expenses, son?"Splendidly. Banners, dancing girls, and enough beer to float your coffin to Valhalla."- Miles coaxing Ky Tung to agree to an almost suicidal mission Lois McMaster Bujold
Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are. Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold quote: "The good face pain. But the great? They embrace it."
The good face pain. But the great? They embrace it. Lois McMaster Bujold
All the geniuses I ever met were so just part of the time. To qualify, you only have to be great once, you know. Once when it matters. Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold quote: "I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow..."
I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement. Lois McMaster Bujold
Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same. Lois McMaster Bujold
I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune. Lois McMaster Bujold

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