"They think I'm going to be a schoolteacher but I'm going to be a poet."

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Janet Frame

#Thinking Quotes #Poet Quotes

“It takes hard writing to make easy reading.”
“Each individual should work for himself. People will not sacrifice themselves for the company. They come to work at the company to enjoy themselves.”
“We brought him [Raffi Torres] in because he was an emotional, physical player. He's had nothing but a great attitude and a great work ethic with us all year long. He comes to play, prepares himself real well. We need him to play the way he does. You know, he's a little bit sometimes outside the box, but you've got to let him be who he is.”
“If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your children, but also nobody comes to ask you to kill the wives and children of others, then render thanks to God and go in peace. But always keep this thought in mind: you might be luckier than I, but youâ€™re not a better person.”

Source : Jonathan Littell (2009). “The Kindly Ones: A Novel”, p.20, Harper Collins
“If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.”
“If most of the reviewers are white cis men, if most of the distributors are white cis men, most of the executives in history have been white cis men. Most of the people who have been giving awards to people are people who've already been in the business - retired white cis men. They've been creating a body of narrative forever.”
“The historian must be a poet; not to find, but to find again; not to breathe life into beings, into imaginary deeds, but in order to re-animate and revive that which has been; to represent what time and space have placed at a distance from us.”
“The nature of the game is pain.”

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