"The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing."

-- Richard Ford

#Failing Quotes #Worthwhile Quotes

“I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.”
“The art of our necessities is strange That can make vile things precious.”
“I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face”
“After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, there were only two churches upon the earth. They were known respectively as the Church of the Lamb of God and Babylon. The various organizations which are called churches throughout Christendom, though differing in their creeds and organizations, have one common origin. They all belong to Babylon”
“I think love is a really hard thing to define. I think it's multifaceted.”
“We're not trying to take back our country. We are our country.”
“There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.”
“The opportunity of a lifetime must be grasped within the lifetime of that opportunity.”

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