"The phenomenon of university creative writing programs doesn't exist in France. The whole idea is regarded as a novelty, or an oddity."

-- Marilyn Hacker

#Writing Quotes #Oddities Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth.”
“I have always had severe problems with Austrians. ... Musical, churchy, uptight... nice legs... hypocritical... authoritarian... always insist their dustbins are very clean.”
“It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.”

Source : William H. Whyte (2012). “City: Rediscovering the Center”, p.109, University of Pennsylvania Press
“Apparently we love our own cell phones but we hate everyone else's.”
“Action eradicates fear. No matter what you fear,--- positive, self-affirming action can diminish or completely cancel that which you are fearful of.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mark Victor Hansen from Sep 04, 2013
“All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.”
“The person who discovered the law of love was a far greater scientist than any of our modern scientists. Only our explorations have not gone far enough and so it is not possible for everyone to see all its workings.”
“Only Napoleon did more than I have done. But I am definitely taller.”

Source : "Berlusconi's gaffes, quips and pranks". TV talk show, www.reuters.com. February 9, 2006.

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