"I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire."

--

Charles Olson

#Envy Quotes #Poet Quotes #Reason Quotes

“I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.”
“Concept is what makes actors raise their game.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last like a rat with all the world on its back. And the only thing left to do is shout - not moan, or complain, but yell out at the top of your voice whatever it was you had to say. What you've never said before. What perhaps you don't even know till now.”
“The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.”
“You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It's all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes I don't understand how another can love her, is allowed to love her, since I love her so completely myself, so intensely, so fully, grasp nothing, know nothing, have nothing but her!”
“Encourage others each and every day-nothing's more important than our words. Did you know that, on average, each of us speaks about twenty-five thousand words daily? My last book didn't have that many words. A lot of language is flowing out of our mouths every day and having an impact on those around us. But how much of that flow is fulfilling God's intended purpose for our speech? How much of it reflects pride, rather than a gospel-motivated humility?”

Source : C.J. Mahaney (2008). “Humility: True Greatness”, p.57, Multnomah
“Let us learn to skillfully draw good out of what would otherwise cause us harm.”

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