"The great thing about writing about the ancient Spartans or Athenians is that so much knowledge is no longer extant that no one, except maybe a Cambridge or Oxford don, can call you out and prove you wrong."

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Steven Pressfield

#Writing Quotes #Oxford Quotes #Ancient Quotes

“Dudes have been making up stuff about themselves probably since there have been dudes.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“'You ain't got any tobacco,' he said scornfully to Bunyip Bluegum. 'I can see that at a glance. You're one of the non smoking sort, all fur and feathers.'”

Source : Norman Lindsay (2006). “The Magic Pudding”, p.52, Courier Corporation
“The key thing about me is that I'm really not very interesting.”
“James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.”
“It took me years, but letting go of religion has been the most profound wake up of my life. I feel I now look at the world not as a child, but as an adult. I see what's bad and it's really bad. But I also see what is beautiful, what is wonderful. And I feel so deeply appreciative that I am alive. How dare the religious use the term 'born again.' That truly describes freethinkers who've thrown off the shackles of religion so much better!”
“The clocks are all turned forward from Funny Time to Right Time. I always remember, "Spring back or Fall in.”
“Friends--or lovers--are not always available to each other. Inner turmoils can cause us to be unhearing when someone needs us, to need to receive understanding when we should be giving understanding.”
“When you study postpartum depression, there is a very clear understanding that in communities where you see more support, there is less depression.”

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