"I can tell you how to get what you want: You've just got to keep a thing in view and go for it and never let your eyes wander to right or left or up or down. And looking back is fatal."

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Source : William John Locke (2008). “Septimus (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.113, ReadHowYouWant.com

William John Locke

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“We are defined by how we use our power.”
“Some writing is a really nice solitary process, in a way, because you can be a little self-conscious around other people. If it's just you, and you're at your favorite piano, or whatever instrument, and you feel comfortable, then somehow, I always feel like it's opening a door and letting whatever is to pass through pass.”
“For me personally - because I do it myself - the scoring of a picture is fun. I edit the picture and when I've finished I go into my room and I have many many records - jazz, classical and popular music. And I have this all at my disposal. I don't have to get a composer.”
“In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it), become in turn oppressors of the oppressors, but rather restorers of the humanity of both”
“A man must believe in himself and his judgement if he expects to make a living at this game. That is why I don't believe in tips."”
“[On lions:] It has always seemed miraculous to me that these colossal animals can move noiselessly through the bush, and are thus able to surround one without warning.”
“Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.”
“We despair of changing the habits of men, still we would alter institutions, the habits of millions of men.”

Source : George Iles (1918). “Canadian Stories”

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