"If someone doesn't like your fiction, it's really insulting."

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Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com

Ethan Canin

#Insulting Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Like You Quotes

“Those who are learning to compose and arrange their sentences with accuracy and order are learning, at the same time, to think with accuracy and order.”
“Accents are very sexy. American girls who speak French are very attractive to a Frenchman. Anything exotic or different is attractive.”
“Being critical of the nation is a far cry from being unpatriotic or anti-American. In fact, most social criticism . . . is based on a love of America's ideals and a concern we're not living up to them.”

Source : Robert B. Reich (2004). “Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America”, p.114, Vintage
“I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play.”
“Miracles prove nothing except to those whose faith is bought very cheap, sir.”
“The ruling quality of leaders adaptive capacity, is what allows true leaders to make the nimble decisions that bring success. Adaptive capacity is also what allows some people to transcend the setbacks and losses that come with age and to reinvent themselves again and again.”
“If within us we find nothing over us we succumb to what is around us.”

Source : Peter Taylor Forsyth (1948). “Peter Taylor Forsyth (1848-1921) Director of Souls”
“I am not the easiest guy to live with. It is probably the lack of stability in my life.”

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