"My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books."

-- Tony Judt

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes

“A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.”
“Money is important in the rap industry because you're always rapping to be bigger than the other person - bigger than who you're rapping to. A lot of my music is really, really, really humbled down. I don't have as much money as the average rapper, but I'm still good.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memory the things that vanish, that are taken away. We fix them in our minds forever by yearning, by pain, by crying out. Pain, the pain that seems unbearable at the time, is memory's first imprinting step, the cornerstone of the temple we erect inside us in memory of the dead. Pain is part of memory, and memory is a God-given gift.”
“There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.”

Source : Christopher Morley (1925). “Safety pins: and other essays”
“Great leaders gain authority by giving it away.”
“I'm trying to drink more water.”
“Cultivate night-blooming jasmine near your bedroom window, and dream of men you've always longed for.”

Source : Gwen Davis (1976). “How to survive in suburbia when your heart's in the Himalayas”
“Nothing is bad which does not harm either you or someone else.”

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