"Sometimes, the only way of doing something is to do it."

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Source : John Lanchester (2012). “Capital”, p.256, Faber & Faber

John Lanchester

#Way Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these operations have stopped. Did they then remove Hamas from the list of terrorist organisations? We do not launch wars. We are people resisting occupation.”
“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”
“We all live in a society where someone who lives right across hasn't eaten and you don't know it or you are having problems where you are close to suicide and no one knows; everyone is going about their duty and thinking everything is fine. It's a dual world we live in and there is so much going on and yet it is not so obvious because we all live in our individual worlds.”

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“I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.”
“Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.”
“For both writer and reader, the novel is a lonely, physically inactive affair. Only the imagination races.”
“Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great definition. . . Charity: The ability to love the sinner and hate the sin. Note: For Hyrum Smith's other ideas which he regards as pertinent to Success, see Topics: Character, Charity, Goals, Humility, Peace of Mind, Sacrifice, Success-Change-Personal Growth, Success-Change-Constructive Imagination, Wisdom”
“Dodge City is one town where the average bad man of the West not only finds his equal, but finds himself badly handicapped.”

Source : Andy Adams (2013). “Complete Western Collection”, p.99, Lulu Press, Inc

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