"It's just that it's hard to believe in greatness..."

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James Salter

#Believe Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Hard To Believe Quotes

“A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success”
“Two years ago, I was a twenty-nine year old secretary. Now I am a thirty-one year old writer. I get paid very well to sit around in my pajamas and type on my ridiculously fancy iMac, unless I'd rather take a nap. Feel free to hate me -- I certainly would.”
“In â€˜life,â€™ I donâ€™t want to be reduced to my work. In â€˜work,â€™ I donâ€™t want to be reduced to my life.”
“False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.”

Source : Cesare Beccaria (1963). “On Crimes and Punishments”, Pearson College Division
“The universe now appeared to me as a void wherein floated rare flakes of snow, each flake a universe.”

Source : Olaf Stapledon (2015). “Star Maker”, p.10, Sheba Blake Publishing
“Witchcraft was hung, in History, But History and I Find all the Witchcraft that we need Around us, every Day -”
“When you change from being a part of the problem to being a part of the solution, allow somebody that.”
“My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities that work with children.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com

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