"By slow, thoughtful watching, you can gain much, as against working up a wild, panicky condition."

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Source : Ernest Vincent Wright (2015). “Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter “E””, p.129, BoD – Books on Demand

Ernest Vincent Wright

#Thoughtful Quotes #Gains Quotes

“From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I am sure I can be competitive in 2004. Tennis is like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it.”
“The older I get, the more I become an apple pie, sparkling cider kind of guy.”
“It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test yout limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossum.”
“There he is, tall, tanned, Italian, sophisticated. So what do you do?" I said, "Er, leap on him and snog him within an inch of his life? Taking care not to strangle myself on his false beard, or disturb his banana.”
“In the rural South, 'Bubba' is like how people say 'dude' in California. It's a name for a regular Southern man. I know a Chinese Bubba, a black Bubba.”

Source : Interview with Colleen Long, onlineathens.com. October 31, 2003.
“Coolidge expressed his "sympathy with the deep and intense longing which finds such fine expression in the Jewish National Homeland in Palestine."”
“If you're a Black artist, you could paint a wall of smiley faces, and someone will still ask you, 'Why are you so angry?'”
“On Gandhi: Don’t ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.”

Source : "The Great Indian Novel". Book by Shashi Tharoor, August 24, 1989.

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