"Nearly everything in the scheme of things works to dull a first-rate talent. But the worst probably is cowardice."

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Norman Mailer

#Courage Quotes #Dull Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Taking away the peace of a people, committing every act of violence, or consenting to such acts, especially when directed against the weakest and defenseless, is a profoundly grave sin against God.”
“Sure I'm cut but not for the sake of vanity...”
“My high school experience was pretty good, but my middle school experience was god awful. It was horrible. I got picked on like no tomorrow.”

Source : "Zoey Deutch and Ry Russo-Young discuss Before I Fall". Interview With Marriska Fernandes, www.tribute.ca. March 2, 2017.
“Oracle, for example, has even hired people to dumpster dive for information about its competitor, Microsoft. It's not even illegal, because trash isn't covered by data secrecy laws.”
“Jeffrey Lewis sings as though absurdity were truth, and truth absurdity. And I think I agree with him.”
“It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses.”

Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (1996). “Novels and Stories”
“My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Wherever I see some mystique, be it virtue or family, faith or fatherland, there I must commit some indecent act.”

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