"It's not like you can aim for a home run and hit a home run."

-- Hideki Matsui

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“And just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, just as we must understand functions, so we must become familiar with the psychological and spiritual factors of our day. No cultural activity is possible otherwise; for we are dependent on the spirit of our time.”
“Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments.”
“A people so individual in its genius, so tenacious in love or hate, so captivating in its nobler moods.”
“Our strength grows out of our weakness.”
“The only valid reason to use clichÃ©s is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect the scene he is trying to dramatize enough to fashion it through precise prose and imaginative imagery. From the book Dare to be a Great Writer: 329 Keys to Powerful Fiction by”
“When making a painting, only one thing counts: what you do next.”
“Don't Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness”
“What I like about the Order of the Garter is that there is no damned merit about it.”

Source : In Lord David Cecil 'The Young Melbourne' (1939) ch. 9

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