"I've always said it's important to take advice from people who have what you want because otherwise, people are just guessing."

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Mastin Kipp

#People Quotes #Advice Quotes #Important Quotes

“When I want to be lectured on strategy, I'll consult someone who's actually won battles," Amelie said. "Not one who ran away from them." "Snap," Eve said. "You know what they're talking about?" Shane asked. "Don't need to know to get that one. She smacked him so hard his momma felt it.”
“The course of our lives follows ancient and immutable laws, with an ancient, changeless rhythm. Dreams never come true, and the instant they are shattered, we realize how the greatest joys of life lie beyond the realm of reality. The instant they are shattered we are sick with longing for the days when they flamed within us. Our fate spends itself in this succession of hope and nostalgia.”
“Men should soon make up their minds to be forgotten, and look about them, or within them, for some higher motive in what they do than the approbation of men, which is fame, namely, their duty; that they should be constantly and quietly at work, each in his sphere, regardless of effects, and leaving their fame to take care of itself.”
“I've actually broken up with boyfriends for inspiration.”
“I used to believe that love and happiness were synonymous. I was a fool. Love intensifies all emotions. Nothing is so painful o so sweet, so thrilling or so desperate... Pleasure is, after all, a luxury. It's love thats essential. You are never so alive as when you love, never so alert, intuitive, attentive, never so smart or so compassionate.”
“An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.”
“Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.”

Source : "Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes". Book edited by Clifton Fadiman and André Bernard, 2000.
“I see fear as a sign of intelligence, of preservation.”

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