"Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism."

-- Andrea Hirata

#Writing Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“I like shitty strip clubs. They look like what they are. I know what to expect. Unlike Congress, at least we know everybody is for sale.”
“To me life means the growing of a soul. I do not know why this duty is imposed upon us. I merely know that it is, and I feel that we are given much latitude of free will.”
“Instead of an elegant warning, you need to bring a strong deal. That's the only way you'll gain what you want.”
“As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength of mind to resist the blandishments of the enemies of promise. The sirens of ad-land sang sweetly and seductively, but I thought of Odysseus lashing himself to the mast of his ship, and somehow stayed on course.”
“I have always loved maps.”
“The physicist may be satisfied when he has the mathematical scheme and knows how to use for the interpretation of the experiments. But he has to speak about his results also to non-physicists who will not be satisfied unless some explanation is given in plain language. Even for the physicist the description in plain language will be the criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached. Physics and Philosophy”
“The fruit we wish to pick tomorrow lies hidden in the seed of today. The goals we are to read and the problems we are to solve tomorrow depend upon today's diligence, hope and faith, today's conviction of the almightiness of good.”
“Asking, â€˜If there is no God, what is the purpose of life?â€™ is like asking, â€˜If there is no master, whose slave will I be?â€™ If your purpose of life is to submit as a slave, then your meaning comes from flattering the ego of a person whom you should detest.”

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