"Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world who would rise and shine Should seek internal excellence to win. And though 'tis true that falsehood and despair Meet in my name, yet bear it still in mind That where they meet they perish. All is fair When they are gone and nought remains behind."

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Charles Godfrey Leland

#Flower Quotes #Winning Quotes #Names Quotes

“I like Stallone, because he writes. He sits down with a blank page and comes up with another Rambo movie. That isn't very easy for anybody. He's made it successful on top of that.”
“The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.”
“You're not wearing mink knickers,are you?”
“Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?”
“You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows how to push you and bring out the best in you.”
“I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing cardâ€¦and somehow the activity of writing changes everything.”

Source : Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Milazzo (1989). “Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates”, p.65, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“My weapon is literature”
“Remember, a negative multiplied by a negative is only positive in maths, not in the real world”

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