"Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose."

-- Pete Rose

#Letting Go Quotes #Sports Quotes #Believe Quotes

“Don't apologize for being patriotic. Support the troops”
“I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping and praying that you can make it work for the day.”
“Our entire society is based on discontent. People wanting more and more and more. Being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their dÃ©cor, their clothes, everything â€“ taking it for granted that thatâ€™s the whole point of life. Never to be satisfied. If you are perfectly happy with what you got, especially if what you got isnâ€™t even all the spectacular then youâ€™re dangerous. Youâ€™re breaking all the rules. Youâ€™re undermining the sacred economy. Youâ€™re challenging every assumption that society is built on.”
“Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things.”
“The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding, and then letting imagination build the structure that fills in those things we can never find out for sure.”
“Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.”
“I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now”
“Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.”

Source : Neal Shusterman (2012). “UnStrung”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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