"If the argument is that failure helps you succeed, well, so does success and it's quicker. This suggests at least one reason for trying to succeed."

-- Norman Geras

#Trying Quotes #Succeed Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for its support. They finance the poets and help them get published. That isn't so in China. But overall it is the same. You can't change society with poetry.”

Source : Source: quod.lib.umich.edu
“Think for thyself one good idea, but known to be thine own, is better than a thousand gleaned from fields by others sown.”
“You're able to love others, to give to others, and do for others by giving and doing for yourself first.”
“You're right. Everyone in this room with a pulse is starting to smell really good. Okay. Back in the box, better safe than sorry.”
“How many of us lobby for green energy or protected lands, but don't engage with the local bounty to lay by for tomorrow's unseasonal reality? That we tend to not even think about this as a foundation for solutions in our food systems shows how quickly we want other people to solve these issues.”
“I get a kick out of Democrats thinking they know how handicap a GOP race.”
“I say stick with Mother Nature as much as possible.”
“We can't know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.”

Source : E. Lockhart (2010). “The Boy Book”, p.50, Random House

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