"I think it's true that, as is often observed, the writer is always an outsider. A writer is someone who is telling stories about what's going on, which is something you can't do if you're totally caught up in the moment."

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Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

Elif Batuman

#Thinking Quotes #Outsiders Quotes #Moments Quotes

“Productivity and efficiency can be achieved only step by step with sustained hard work, relentless attention to details and insistence on the highest standards of quality and performance.”
“Hush! Take no notice!" - Gandalf”
“To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.”

Source : William Godwin (1798). “Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness: By William Godwin”, p.373
“You always pay too much. Particularly for promises. There aint no such thing as a bargain promise.”
“I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.”
“Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones.”

Source : "Iran’s Women: Canaries in the Coal Mine" by Azar Nafisi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2010.
“Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace without soul peace.”
“Faith without a measure of doubt ain't worth a brass farthin.”

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