"But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair."

-- Augusten Burroughs

#Writing Quotes #Sitting Quotes #Lines Quotes

“It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent force of character.”

Source : Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.124
“A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he's being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he's wearing or how he looks. He's implicated in what's happening, and he has a certain real power over the result.”
“I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.”
“If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.”
“Language and culture cannot be separated. Language is vital to understanding our unique cultural perspectives. Language is a tool that is used to explore and experience our cultures and the perspectives that are embedded in our cultures.”
“Carry on, carry on, what don't kill us makes us strong.”

Source : Song: Carry On, 1999
“Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.”
“People talk about 'lives of significance'-as if there's an alternative. If you're not leading a life of significance, you're not living.”

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