"For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands down."

-- Terence Blacker

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“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”
“In every sport there comes a moment when a spell of bitter weeping seems like a fair recess from whatever tough work is going on. It's only the steeliest among us who can fight the urge to turn negative-who instead will make contact and redouble her efforts. Call it grace under pressure. Call it grit....call it excellence.”
“The ball is round, make sure you pass it around”
“Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'”
“All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.”
“Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.”
“The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesnâ€™t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who donâ€™t know you very well, are likely to think youâ€™re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.”
“We could say that love is a tenacious adventure. The adventurous side is necessary, but equally so is the need for tenacity. To give up at the first hurdle, the first quarrel, is only to distort love. Real love is one that triumphs lastingly, sometimes painfully, over the hurdles erected by time, space and the world.”

Source : Alain Badiou, Nicolas Truong (2012). “In Praise Of Love”, p.32, Profile Books

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