"I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it."

-- Erica Jong

#Inspirational Quotes #Principles Quotes

“Feel completely unable to do anything. Try to picture your life in five years. It really seems like you will be dead.”
“Just that working with Clint again is like coming home.”
“Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It is the unavoidable result of self-censorship. To write in plain, vigorous language one has to think fearlessly, and if one thinks fearlessly one cannot be politically orthodox.”
“I don't like the way my teeth protrude. I'm going to have them done, but I just haven't had the time. Apart from that... I'm perfect.”
“Each match I approach like a new one. The work is so immense that you don't have time to sit and ponder.”
“If you look at the media coverage and surfing magazines, the one thing that really stands out is how hard it is to find a photo of a girl in a magazine unless it's an ad. It's kind of strange, still to this day. You see these great looking girls surfing so well that are amazingly talented... They are finally the total package.”
“If you do the same thing every day at the same time for the same length of time, you'll save yourself from many a sink. Routine is a condition of survival.”
“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”

Source : "Turn on, tune in - or drown in a sea of mediocrity" by Simon Caulkin, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.

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