"Sometimes nothing is so solid to me as writing - I suppose that's what a vocation means - at times a torment, a bad conscience, but all in all, purpose and direction."

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Source : Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell (2008). “Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell”

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“Perhaps we have been misguided into taking too much responsibility from our children, leaving them too little room for discovery”
“I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You make beauty and it disappears, I love that.”

Source : Caryl Churchill (2008). “Plays Four”, Nick Hern Books
“To have failed is to have striven, to have striven is to have grown.”
“In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate.”

Source : Georges Duhamel (1918). “The New Book of Martyrs: From the French of Georges Duhamel”
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.”
“Everybody makes honest mistakes, but there's no such thing as an honest cover-up.”
“The things you learn from sports - setting goals, being part of a team, confidence - that's invaluable. It's not about trophies and ribbons. It's about being on time for practice, accepting challenges and being fearful of the elements.”

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