"It's impossible to compete with the dead. I wished I could stop trying."

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Source : Gillian Flynn (2014). “The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects”, p.881, Broadway Books

Gillian Flynn

#Trying Quotes #Impossible Quotes #Stop Trying Quotes

“Every single person I know who is successful at what they do is successful because they love doing it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Joe Penna from Oct 20, 2011
“My life in Montana is so diverse from my Hollywood life that it even feels odd for me to go from one life to the other.”
“Stanley Kubrick went with his gut feeling: he directed 'Dr. Strangelove' as a black comedy. The film is routinely described as a masterpiece.”
“We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors.”

Source : "Revisit Pauline Hanson's infamous maiden speech". www.sbs.com.au. August 1, 2016.
“In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who are quick at solutions and yet do not work by method ; thus Cratistus in our time was able to obtain the required result from first principles, and those the fewest possible, but it was his natural gift which helped him to the discovery.”
“Lettuce, greens and celery, though much eaten, are worse than cabbage, being equally indigestible without the addition of condiments. Besides, the lettuce contains narcotic properties. It is said of Galen, that he used to obtain from a head of it, eaten on going to bed, all the good effects of a dose of opium.”

Source : William Andrus Alcott (1838). “The Young House-keeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery”, p.191
“Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value.”
“You must learn to control your dreams or your dreams will forever control you.”

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