"if I had one ambition it was to make my life itself into a poem."

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Source : Natalie Clifford Barney, Anna Livia (1992). “A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.19, New Victoria Publishers

Natalie Clifford Barney

#Ambition Quotes

“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.”

Source : George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.226, 谷月社
“Profound things are simple. If it is not simple, it cannot be true. But simple things are difficult.”
“There's no such thing as a perfect historical film.”
“The Encyclopedia - the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment.”

Source : Peter Prange (2011). “The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel”, p.291, Simon and Schuster
“For home games, I bring my clothes to the arena. I bring two different outfits that I can pick after the game. Road game, I got to wear what I walk in with.”
“Atheism is a non-prophet organization.”
“Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life generally.”
“We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty.”

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