"public opinion, the sum of private opinions, does matter, can matter often for good."

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Source : Sybille Bedford (2017). “A Favourite of the Gods and A Compass Error”, p.280, New York Review of Books

Sybille Bedford

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“I don't live with my role, I'm a really normal person.”
“Practicing yoga during the day is a matter of keeping your eyes on the road and one ear turned toward the infinite.”

Source : Erich Schiffmann (1996). “Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stillness”, p.331, Simon and Schuster
“I have so many runner-up cups that I am thinking of starting my own tea shop.”
“When you learn to love hell you will be in heaven.”

Source : Thaddeus Golas (2002). “The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment”, p.110, Gibbs Smith
“Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.”

Source : Young-ha Kim (2007). “I Have the Right to Destroy Myself”, p.6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Work ethic, confidence, a laser focus and commitment to accomplish a goal that most people can never imagine.”
“Whoever did not live in the years neighboring 1789 does not know what the pleasure of living means. [Fr., Qui n'a pas vecu dans les annees voisines de 1789 ne sait pas ce que c'est le palisir de vivre.]”
“People make things happen. All the rest is just window dressing”

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