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“I had an old man moment the other day. I went into Abercrombie & Fitch to get some jeans and the music was so loud I couldn't stay.”
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“Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.”
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“One act presses upon another, on a path we have no choice but to follow, and each time there are reasons. We do what we must, we do what we are told, we do what is easiest. What else can we do but solve one sordid problem at a time? Then we look up and find... this.”
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“Girls can be athletic. Guys can have feelings. Girls can be smart. Guys can be creative. And vice versa. Gender is specific only to your reproductive organs (and sometimes not even to those), not your interest, likes, dislikes, goals, and ambitions.”
Source : Connor Franta (2015). “A Work in Progress: A Memoir”, p.71, Simon and Schuster
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“The manuscript looks chaotic, even by mathematics standards.”
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“Poetry is a process of getting back to the unconscious. Hence, I am always writing-even when I'm not facing the white space. I feel writers are like reservoirs of images. We take in what is around us.”
Source : Yusef Komunyakaa, Radiclani Clytus (2000). “Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries”, Univ of Michigan Pr
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“Let your mind alone, and see what happens.”
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“In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.”
Source : 1941 Language in Action.
