"One should not believe too strongly in a life which can easily vanish."

-- James Salter

#Believe Quotes #Should Quotes

“There are some people who know who I am but there are a lot of people that have no idea who I am - which is not to say that that's a bad thing.”
“I do really enjoy having a crowd of people out to see me. They really motivate me. I feel really lucky they've come down so I give it what I have got every time.”
“What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another.”
“The misuse of extrinsic rewards, so common in business, impedes creativity, stifles personal satisfaction and turns play into work.”
“[Donald] Trump ditched his press pool. That's just stupid and funny. Get over it. You know, [Bill] Clinton ditched his press pool. This is something presidents do sometimes. Don't make everything that Trump does a scandal because what'll happen is you'll diminish the real scandals, you know? You've got to get over the fact that you hate the person and rather focus on what you're trying to do.”
“Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away?”

Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “May We Be Forgiven”, p.114, Granta Books
“[Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.”
“When you're happy it's pretty tough to knock you over. You can handle whatever comes along in life.”

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