"...ultimately it come down to, are you making or are you destroying? If you try very hard to create ways of living, create dreams of what is possible, then you win. If you don't, you may make a fortune in ten years, but you're not going to be read in twenty years, and that's that."

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Source : John Gardner, Allan Richard Chavkin (1990). “Conversations with John Gardner”, p.168, Univ. Press of Mississippi

John Gardner

#Dream Quotes #Winning Quotes #Years Quotes

“I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are.”
“These days I'm pretty much a businessman.”
“At first you can stand the spotlight in your eyes. Then it blinds you. Others can see you, but you cannot see them.”
“Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties.”
“Money is not necessarily, although it helps a lot for happiness, it's not necessarily the best way to be happy, to be rich, you know.”

Source : "An Interview With Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert". Interview with Jamie Soja, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2013.
“As if when someone close to us dies, we momentarily trade places with them, in the moment right before. And as we get over it, weâ€™re really living their life in reverse, from death to life, from sickness to health.”
“I live by the 80/20 rule: I'm 80 percent healthy, and then 20 percent indulgent.”
“Fighters before a fight, they shouldn't get riled up.”

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