"I like to think of what happens to characters in good novels and stories as knots--things keep knotting up. And by the end of the story--readers see an unknotting of sorts. Not what you expect, not the easy answers you get on TV, not wash and wear philosophies, but a reproduction of believable, emotional experiences."

-- Terry McMillan

#Philosophy Quotes #Character Quotes #Emotional Quotes

“Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in free markets produce the greatest good for the greatest number always, but only, when tethered to virtue and morality.”
“When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there.”
“We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.”
“A rowdy bunch on the whole, they were most of them so violently individualistic as to be practically interchangeable.”

Source : Elaine Dundy (2010). “The Dud Avocado”, p.31, New York Review of Books
“My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.”
“Also, at a certain point relentlessness itself can become comedic.”

Source : Source: www.surfrhythm.com
“I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.”

Source : Phil Donahue (1979). “Donahue, my own story”
“Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.”

Source : "The Rise And Fall of Ion Storm" by John Carmack, slashdot.org. January 2, 2002.

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