"The kibbutz way of life is not for everyone. It is meant for people who are not in the business of working harder than they should be working, in order to make more money than they need, in order to buy things they don't really want, in order to impress people they don't really like."

-- Amos Oz

#Order Quotes #People Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Frankly, neither president [Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter] was an inspiring figure; so, maybe their lack of inspiration by the founders shouldn't surprise us.”
“We started dying before the snow, and like the snow, we continued to fall.”
“Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.”
“I have a writerâ€™s concentration: intense, but flickering.”
“I have before seen other countries, in the same manner, give themselves to you when you are about to leave them ...”
“It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away.”
“I'd rather excite the imagination of a legion of readers and make pennies from each of them than hold off for a larger chunk of change from only a handful of fans.”

Source : "Hugh Howey Interview Part 1: Science Fiction, Indie Writing, and Success". Interview with Erik Wecks, www.wired.com. March 29, 2012.
“The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life; because that is the only reality, all else being merely the play of thought. On the other hand, such a course might just as well be called the greatest folly: for that which in the next moment exists no more, and vanishes utterly, like a dream, can never be worth a serious effort.”

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