"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."

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Source : Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

Jack London

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Inspiring Quotes

“Work hard, use your common sense and don't be afraid to trust your instincts.”
“Cutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin brothers. It is beautifully conceived and written. The settings are wonderfully pictorial. There is no doubt in my mind that Cutting for Stone will endure in the permanent literature of our time.”
“Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played.”
“You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of these trees through the iron gate leading to someone's yard and you knew that soon that section of Brooklyn would get to be a tenement district. The tree knew. It came there first. Afterwards, poor foreigners seeped in and the quiet old brownstone houses were hacked up into flats, feather beds were pushed out on the window sills to air and the Tree of Heaven flourished. That was the kind of tree it was. It liked poor people.”
“I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow.”
“I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.”
“Let us damn America, let us damn Israel, let us damn them and their allies until death.”
“If you can win over your mind, you can win over the whole world.”

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