"The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition."

-- Marilyn Hacker

#Vocabulary Quotes #Important Quotes #Transition Quotes

“We fall, but we get up because the ground is no place for a champion.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dustin Poirier from Sep 30, 2014
“Don't fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it.”
“It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.”
“Whatever you think canâ€™t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.”
“Letâ€™s face it, weâ€™re all imperfect and weâ€™re going to fall short on occasion. But we must learn from failure and that will enable us to avoid repeating our mistakes. Through adversity, we learn, grow stronger, and become better people.”
“I'm really into a blush on the eyelid and on the high of the cheek. The singer of 'Cocteau Twins' used to do that - really pink eyelids. It added a little romance to the hard kind of street-edge clothes.”
“Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.”

Source : H. Rider Haggard (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)”, p.1064, Delphi Classics
“I spend most of my time wearing uncomfortable things, so for me, it's all about trainers.”

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