"My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will be entertained, too."

-- Elmore Leonard

#Purpose Quotes #Enough Quotes #Reader Quotes

“The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.”

Source : William Cowper (1856). “The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative”, p.334
“As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be one of the good teachers - I want to have that kind of impact.”
“But there comes a time in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among human beings or nota fool among fools or a fool alone.”
“To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.”
“All innovation begins with vision. Itâ€™s what happens next that is critical.”
“I knew that it wouldnâ€™t last. It was just a moment, a perfect moment, as time stood still and fleetingly everything fell back into its proper place.”
“I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it makes me smile; makes me smile so much.”
“Show me a man who fishes in winter, and I'll show you a fanatic. Actually, I'll get the better of the deal, because for sheer spectacle a fanatic doesn't hold a candle to a man who fishes in winter”

Source : Patrick F. McManus (1982). “They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?”, p.26, Macmillan

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