"I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy. And so, rather than trying to hunt up a text, I just wrote one."

-- Daniel Pinkwater

#Writing Quotes #Trying Quotes #Occupation Quotes

“Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.”
“Hugs may come less frequently from someone with autism but when they do, you know it means everything.”
“As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears--neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you.”
“I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable environment. No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid. In my own work this has been particularly true.”
“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”

Source : Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.334, Hamilton Books
“Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy.”

Source : Pope Paul VI (2007). “Christian Values and Virtues”, Crossroad Publishing Company
“We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations.”

Source : Joseph Howe (1858). “Speeches and Public Letters”, p.39
“All I'm doing is being authentic and real and singing about the emotions I go through as a human being. I don't think we should be nervous about expressing who we really are when it comes to being a believer but also when it comes to being someone who goes through real life. You have to experience real life before you can understand what it means to really worship.”

Source : "A conversation with recording artist and The Voice contestant Anthony Evans". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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