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James Patterson quote: "You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll..."
You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading. James Patterson
If you can channel the best part of you that is bigger than yourself, where it’s not about your ego and not about getting ahead, then you can have fun and you aren’t jealous of others. You see other people's talent as another branch of your own. You can keep it rooted in joy. Life is long and there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. The point of it all is to learn. Ethan Hawke
Man takes root at his feet, and at best he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it. John Burroughs
Keep working. Keep trying. Keep believing. You still might not make it, but at least you gave it your best shot. If you don’t have calluses on your soul, this isn’t for you. Take up knitting instead. David Eddings
Diane von Furstenberg quote: "When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier."
When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier. Diane von Furstenberg
Nora Roberts quote: "And each book has to receive your best effort every single..."
And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking. Nora Roberts
Love is a form of prejudice. You love what you need, you love what makes you feel good, you love what is convenient. How can you say you love one person when there are ten thousand people in the world that you would love more if you ever met them? But you'll never meet them. All right, so we do the best we can. Granted. But we must still realize that love is just the result of a chance encounter. Most people make too much of it. On these grounds a good fuck is not to be entirely scorned. But... Charles Bukowski
I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened... Mark Twain
Winston Churchill quote: "My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best."
My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best. Winston Churchill
Maria Edgeworth quote: "What a treasure, to meet with any thing a new heart-- all..."
What a treasure, to meet with any thing a new heart-- all hearts, nowadays, are secondhand at best. Maria Edgeworth
J. K. Rowling quote: "The stories we love best live in us forever."
The stories we love best live in us forever. J. K. Rowling
... she ventured to recommend a larger allowance of prose in his daily study; and on being requested to particularise, mentioned such works by our best moralists, such collections of fine letters, such memoirs of characters of worth and suffering, as occurred to her at the moment as calculated to rouse and fortify the mind. Jane Austen
Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not kept the promise he made her, but he had done his best. So she forgave him. As he said, he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard. L. Frank Baum
Arnold Bennett quote: "All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the..."
All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do Arnold Bennett
(Joe) Dimaggio was, in fact, mostly just a cold fish. Not even his brother Dom, who played outfield for the Red Sox..., seemed to care much for the Yankee Clipper. As someone best summed up Dimaggio: "What kind of guy learns to love the most beautiful woman in the world only after she dies? Frank Deford

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