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I have this -- here’s this thing where it’s going to sound sappy to you. I have this unbelievably like five-year-old’s belief that art is just absolutely magic. And that good art can do things that nothing else in the solar system can do. And that the good stuff will survive, and get read, and that in the great winnowing process, the shit will sink and the good stuff will rise. David Foster Wallace
Miguel de Unamuno quote: "Those faults we do not have, do not bother us."
Those faults we do not have, do not bother us. Miguel de Unamuno
Booker T. Washington quote: "The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The..."
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least. Booker T. Washington
I always wanted to be a writer, but Alan Moore's work and help inspired me to write comics. In some ways the biggest influence on me writing was Punk. There was the idea that you could do something by simply doing it. Neil Gaiman
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway. Mother Teresa
HAMLET I do not well understand that. Will you play upon this pipe? GUILDENSTERN My lord, I cannot. HAMLET I pray you. GUILDENSTERN Believe me, I cannot. HAMLET I do beseech you. GUILDENSTERN I know no touch of it, my lord. HAMLET It is as easy as lying. William Shakespeare
A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do. Seth Godin
Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! Third rule of Fight Club: if someone yells “stop!”, goes limp, or taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: the fights are bare knuckle. No shirt, no shoes, no weapons. Seventh rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if... Chuck Palahniuk
George MacDonald quote: "Doubt may be a poor encouragement to do anything, but it is a..."
Doubt may be a poor encouragement to do anything, but it is a bad reason for doing nothing. George MacDonald
I enjoyed my breakfast this morning, and I think that was a good thing and do not think it was condemned by God. But I do not think myself a good man for enjoying it. C. S. Lewis
Making a living and having a life are not the same thing. Making a living and making a life that's worthwhile are not the same thing. Living the good life and living a good life are not the same thing. A job title doesn't even come close to answering the question. "What do you do?". Robert Fulghum
Jodi Picoult quote: "so i do what i do best. i move in the opposite direction."
so i do what i do best. i move in the opposite direction. Jodi Picoult
Never obliterate a man unthinkingly, the way an entire fief might do it through some due process of law. Always do it for an overriding purpose—and know your purpose! Frank Herbert
It’s admirable, what you do, what she does, but to me animal-welfare people are a bit like Christians of a certain kind. Everyone is so cheerful and well-intentioned that after a while you itch to go off and do some raping and pillaging. Or to kick a cat. J. M. Coetzee
Evelyn Waugh quote: "If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well."
If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well. Evelyn Waugh

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