"I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing."

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Nancy Mitford

#Writing Quotes #Misery Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“I live by four words and I have it tattooed on my arms as well. It just says, 'Live, learn, love life'. So you live your life to the best way you can. Every situation is a learning one so take those lessons, learn from it and love your life.”
“Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.”
“Nobody is out to sabotage an entire script and do an improvisational experiment of a movie, but when they're feeling something in the moment, let them make it their own. That's what makes them great actors.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free.”

Source : Statement before the Battle of Stirling Bridge on September 11, 1297. "History of Scotland". by Patrick Fraser Tytler, p. 121, 1841.
“Life is a great tapestry. The individual is only an insignificant thread in an immense and miraculous pattern.”
“I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.”
“Michael has never cried during a Broadway show. Except in that scene where Tarzan's ape father is brutally murdered. And that was only because he was laughing so hard.”
“I am defining leadership in terms of the role, not the position.”

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