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“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.”
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“I don't want to die, really. I'm interested in what happens next, so I've got to keep on.”
Source : "Remixing Philip Glass". Interview with Zachary Woolfe, www.nytimes.com. October 5, 2012.
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“Canadians are fond of darker stories, serious stories, so if you're a Mystery writer or a Romance writer or Fantasy Writer, you will most likely have an American publisher and agent.”
Source : "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.
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“Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.”
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“The primitive sign of wanting is trying to get....”
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“Men often think it's the bad boys who get the hot chicks. But I'm living proof that the good guys win.”
Source : "Carson Daly: "I'm Living Proof That the Good Guys Win" Pop music's lo". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. April 19, 2012.
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“Iacta est alea. The die is cast.”
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“Unexpected hardship refines people; if you can accept it, both mind and body will benefit. If you cannot accept it, on the other hand, both mind and body will be harmed.”