"The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone."

-- Martin Amis

#Alive Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.”

Source : Virgil (1978). “Virgil: Georgics ; Aeneid I-VI. Eclogues”
“If you want to write good copy, you must be where the things are.”
“There is a profound hypocrisy - and deep historical ignorance - when Europeans complain about the problems posed by the ethnic and religious minorities in their midst, for that is exactly what European colonial rule meant for peoples around the world.”

Source : "Europe's contempt for other cultures can't be sustained" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2006.
“Life, this anti-entropy, ceaselessly reloaded with energy, is a climbing force, toward order amidst chaos, toward light, among the darkness of the indefinite, toward the mystic dream of Love, between the fire which devours itself and the silence of the Cold.”
“I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.”

Source : Major Taylor (1928). “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography”
“A person who speaks cleverly is witty; one who asks questions is smart.”
“Thereâ€™s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.”
“Art, industry, and commerce, so long crushed and overborne, were stirring into renewed life, and a crowd of adventurous men, nurtured in war and incapable of repose, must seek employment for their restless energies in fields of peaceful enterprise.”

Source : Francis Parkman (1865). “Pioneers of France in the New World”, p.214

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