"The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone."

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John Lyly

#Blunt Quotes #Finest Quotes #Made Quotes

“The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.”
“The thing about it is, all those races we lost, we won this race together. We won it as a team.”
“Giving full rein to one's cynicism as one goes along produces a normal outlet and maintains an emotional equilibrium.”

Source : S.S. Van Dine (2013). “The Philo Vance Megapack: 12 Classic Mysteries - The Complete Series”, p.1022, Wildside Press LLC
“I'm gonna try to be cured. I've been on ***** eight years and I want to try a different style of life. It made me split up from my wife. It ruined a lot of things for me.”
“I think oil prices are down for two reasons. One is, there is a lot of supply. There is a lot of supply because the U.S. now produces a lot of oil and there is a lot of supply because the Saudis seem to want to produce a lot of oil, maybe to punish the Iranians and the Russians.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.”
“Why did I become a writer? Because I grew up in New York City, and there were seven newspapers in New York City, and my family was an inveterate reader of newspapers and I loved holding a paper in my hand. It was something sacred.”
“I have an English literature degree. I wanted to be the next great American novelist from a very early age, but I put it aside for a while, because I got very realistic at one point.”

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