Ethel Wilson famous quotes
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A writer's mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head.
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The business of writing is one of the four or five most private things in the world.
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Dullness is a misdemeanour.
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The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.
-- Ethel Wilson
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You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
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The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.
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The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.
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You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.
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Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them
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And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.
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Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission." "We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.
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The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens has better look the other way, had better simulate a half attention only, for the half that dictates is easily disgruntled and avenges itself for too close inspection by fading entirely away.
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Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.
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