"For action, whatever its immediate purpose, also implies relief at doing something, anything, and the joy of exertion. This is the optimism that is inherent in, and proper and indispensable to action, for without it nothing would ever be undertaken. It in no way suppresses the critical sense or clouds the judgment. On the contrary this optimism sharpens the wits, it creates a certain perspective and, at the last moment, lets in a ray of perpendicular light which illuminates all one's previous calculations, cuts and shuffles them and deals you the card of success, the winning number."

-- Blaise Cendrars

#Cutting Quotes #Winning Quotes #Clouds Quotes

“I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place. So let's peek behind the curtain and hail the others like us. The open-faced sandwiches who take risks and live big and smile with all of their teeth. These are the people I want to be around. This is the honest way I want to live and love and write.”
“I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.”
“It is better to be quotable than to be honest.”

Source : Tom Stoppard, Paul Delaney (1994). “Tom Stoppard in Conversation”, p.49, University of Michigan Press
“The women ranged in age, but they were all old enough to know that in the currency of friendship, empathy is more valuable than accuracy.”

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2013). “The Lost Art of Mixing”, p.136, Penguin
“As a citizen of this country, I've got to be honest to the people of South Africa.”
“There are dark black buttons tattooed on my heart. Iâ€™ll carry them for the rest of my days.”

Source : Carol Rifka Brunt (2012). “Tell the Wolves I'm Home”, p.349, Pan Macmillan
“I was going through so many changes in my life - separation with my wife, having an affair - that was all very messy and public. It felt like if I really wanted to rock my boat and make changes in my life and who I am and how I am, that would also mean moving on from Cheers.”

Source : "The Best TV Show That's Ever Been". Interview with Brian Raftery, www.gq.com. September 27, 2012.
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.”

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