"Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference."

-- James A. Michener

#Book Quotes #Self Quotes #Differences Quotes

“Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.”
“To know that every moment â€” regardless of how it comes wrapped â€” is a gift greater than you can give yourself, is to be well on your way to a life without fear.”
“There is nothing strange in the circle being the origin of any and every marvel.”
“If we turn to early Irish literature, as we naturally may, to see what sort of people the Irish were in the infancy of the race, we find ourselves wandering in delighted bewilderment through a darkness shot with lightning and purple flame.”

Source : 1947 The Irish.
“It's the beautiful moments like this that make up for the ugly love”
“Nowhere is inhumanity more revealed than in hospitals.”
“It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Some delicate matters must be treated like pins, because if they are not seized by the right end, we get pricked.”

Source : "Tools Of Speech". Book by Maturin M.ballou, 1886.

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