"I'm so grateful to Hugo Lindgren, Jon Kelly, and the people who gave me the opportunity to write a weekly column. It's an amazing thing to do, and when I started they both said, you know, the problem with columns is they just exist forever."

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David Plotz

#Grateful Quotes #Writing Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where I woke up Christmas morning and had toys. I know that's not the case with all people and I don't think kids should go without experiencing that sort of joy.”
“I don't believe you can say 'forever'; I don't believe it exists.”
“Every level that I have ever competed on, I have risen to the top.”
“Love is a flaming heart, and its flames aspire / Till they cloud the soul in the smoke of a windy fire.”

Source : Arthur Symons, Roger Holdsworth (2003). “Arthur Symons: Selected Writings”, p.57, Psychology Press
“You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter.”
“If we could all rephrase the question from "What was your most embarrassing moment?" to "What was your most embarrassing year?" Then I might be able to give you an honest answer.”
“Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.”
“What succeeds we keep, and it becomes the habit of mankind.”

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