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Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are..."
Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are so disdainful of hearing aids? Vladimir Nabokov
So it's not about what you do. It can't be, can it? It has to be about how you are, how you love, how you treat yourself and those around you, and that's where I get eaten up. Nick Hornby
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of..."
Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this earth to do? Elizabeth Gilbert
I say one thing, you write another, and those who read you understand still something else! I say: cross, death, kingdom of heaven, God...and what do you understand? Each of you attaches his own suffering, interests and desires to each of these sacred words, and my words disappear, my soul is lost. I can't stand it any longer! Nikos Kazantzakis
Erich Segal quote: "But what does he do to qualify as a sonovabitch? Jenny asked."
But what does he do to qualify as a sonovabitch? Jenny asked. Erich Segal
What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting. Frank Herbert
Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a little bit distorted, a little foolish...It is perfectly fine with me that what for one man is precious wisdom for another sounds like foolery. Herman Hesse
When describing me, Tracy often refers to a well-known concept of physics: 'inertia.' As Newton avers in his first law: 'An object that is not moving will not move until a force acts upon it. An object that is moving will not change its velocity until a net force acts upon it.' In other words, depending on what's happening in my life at any given moment, I can either be the laziest human being on the planet, or the busiest. I'm perfectly content to do absolutely nothing until I'm catalyzed by... Michael J. Fox
So much of an artist's career hinges on the sense that we are going somewhere, that we are not just trapped by the four walls of wherever we are. For creative sanity, I must believe that if I just do the next right thing, a path will unfold for me. Julia Cameron
Craig Ferguson quote: "I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors,..."
I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars. Craig Ferguson
Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the perplexing turns in our lives are going somewhere good. They do not lead off a cliff. In all the setbacks of our lives as believers, God is plotting for our joy. John Piper
It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! Mark Twain
Frustration was my constant companion. I wanted to scream. "What the he-eck are we supposed to do now? I asked Fang. He looked at me, and I could tell he was mulling over the problem. He held out a small waxed-paper bag. Peanut? James Patterson
T. S. Eliot quote: "To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to..."
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life. T. S. Eliot
Aunt Ruth looked at the unlucky pair."What are you doing here?" she asked Perry. Stovepipe Town made a mistake."Oh, looking for a round square," said Perry off-handedly, his eyes suddenly becoming limpid with mischief and lawless roguery. L. M. Montgomery

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