"I've published several virtually invisible novels and several dozen even more invisible short stories over the years, all of which give me joy - unlike the cumulative experience of seeking publishers for them!"

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Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 15)". Interview with Brandon Hobson, logger.believermag.com. September 10, 2013.

Scott Bradfield

#Years Quotes #Giving Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I believe it is the duty of each of us to act as if the fate of the world depended on him. Admittedly, one man by himself cannot do the job. However, one man can make a difference. We must live for the future of the human race, and not for our own comfort or success.”

Source : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Hyman George Rickover (1982). “Economics of Defense Policy: Selected congressional testimony and speeches by Adm. H.G. Rickover, 1953-81”
“Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team.”
“To believe in immortality is one thing, but it is first needful to believe in life.”
“I want people to leave the theater wrestling with the idea that our pain - physical, emotional, and spiritual pain - is more than just a condition that needs to be silenced, numbed, or "fixed."”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.”
“If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.”
“I live only because it is in my power to die when I choose to: without the idea of suicide, I'd have killed myself right away.”
“Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.”

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