"If simple, painless solutions to public problems existed, they would have been found long ago."

-- Alice Rivlin

#Simple Quotes #Long Ago Quotes #United States Quotes

“Haters are confused admirers who canâ€™t understand why everybody else likes you”
“The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.”
“Like everything, personal relationships and all that stuff is sort of put on ice while you go off to your location for five or six months. So, do I feel more settled in my life and in my work? Absolutely, yeah.”
“I've yet to meet a person in my life who doesn't have some moral ambiguity.”
“The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.”
“Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief”
“The most important thing to do is to set goals. Training is a waste of time if you don't have goals.”
“When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.”

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