"Really it is very wholesome exercise, this trying to make one's words represent one's thoughts, instead of merely looking to their effect on others."

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Source : Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.47, BookCaps Study Guides

Elizabeth Gaskell

#Exercise Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Your true nature doesn't come out. So the gods let you do what you want because free will would be compromised if they showed up at the White House saying, 'Take us to your leader.”
“Most train to be part of the game. The greatest train to be the game: I am the game. Third-and-9, two-minutes left, that's what I train for. I train for moments everyone runs from. I run for them.”
“Everything is out there waiting for you. All you have to do is walk up and declare yourself in. No need for permission. You just need courage to say, 'Include me'. Providing you have the energy to pull it off you can do what you like.”

Source : Stuart Wilde (1988). “Affirmations”
“The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops.”
“Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who've been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage.”

Source : Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
“There is no birth of consciousness without pain.”
“Home would not be home to me without a lawn, and if there are, as I've recently read, twenty-five million home lawns in the United States, at least fifty million other Americans must agree with me.”
“I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself, itâ€™s a mistake for me. I have learned through my friendships and through people that Iâ€™ve met who survived. Thereâ€™s just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I donâ€™t know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who donâ€™t invalidate me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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