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Knowing Quotes (page 626)

Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference. James A. Michener
You feel, as you always do, what is most to the credit of human nature. —Such feelings ought to be investigated, that they may know themselves. Jane Austen
Ansel Adams quote: "I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is."
I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. Ansel Adams
Yes, the empire is sick, and, what is worse, it is trying to become accustomed to its sores. This is the aim of my explorations: examining the traces of happiness still to be glimpsed, I gauge its short supply. If you want to know how much darkness there is around you, you must sharpen your eyes, peering at the faint lights in the distance. Italo Calvino
Mr False Pretence, you don't make sense. I just don't know you. But you make me cry, where's my kiss goodbye. I think I love you Amy Winehouse
Warren Ellis quote: "You know what they say; if you're tired of London, you're..."
You know what they say; if you're tired of London, you're tired of life. Warren Ellis
I'm going to be a star some day," she announced as though daring him to contradict her."I'm sure you..."It's my life. It's the only thing in the whole world that I want."It's good to know what you want. I used to be a bookkeeper in a hotel, but..."If I'm not, I'll commit suicide. Nathanael West
But I don't know how I'll ever get a college degree and rise in the world with no high school diploma and eyes like piss holes in the snow, as everyone tells me. Frank McCourt
Remember, too, every day, and whenever you can, repeat to yourself, "Lord, have mercy on all who appear before Thee today." For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not! Fyodor Dostoevsky
What's all the row over at Ben's?" [Mrs. Ide] inquired, placidly, from her comfortable chair."Rustlers, cattle, foremen, sheriffs, and Heaven only knows what," replied Hettie, distractedly. Zane Grey
Haruki Murakami quote: "Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more..."
Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories Haruki Murakami
Cormac McCarthy quote: "He did not know how hawks mated but he knew that all things..."
He did not know how hawks mated but he knew that all things fought. Cormac McCarthy
Angel: Do you love me? Buffy: What? Angel: Do you? Buffy: I love you. I don't know if I trust you. Angel: Maybe you shouldn't do either. Buffy: Maybe I'm the one who should decide! Joss Whedon
I know. I was hoping," I say."Exactly. Because you're desperate," says Haymitch. I don't argue because, of course, he's right. Suzanne Collins
You have never spent any time in theatrical circles, have you? So you do not know those thespian faces that can embody the features of a Julius Caesar, a Goethe and a Beethoven all in one, but whose owners, the moment they open their mouths, prove to be the most miserable ninnies under the sun. Thomas Mann

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