"There are writers I return to no matter what I'm working on, writers like the South African J.M. Coetzee. He has an ability to make you feel that he is writing for you alone."

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Laila Lalami

#Writing Quotes #Matter Quotes #Return Quotes

“If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art could be sold in back rooms and all main galleries would be devoted to revisiting shows gone by.”
“The secret of a man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.”
“Capitalism undoubtedly has certain boils and blotches upon it, but has it as many as government? Has it as many as marriage? Has it as many as religion? I doubt it. It is the only basic institution of modern man that shows any genuine health and vigor.”
“I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.”
“Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel. Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.”
“In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.”
“Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Good health, longevity, happiness, a loving family, self-reliance, fine friends â€¦ if you [have] five, youâ€™re a rich manâ€¦.”

Source : Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (1996). “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy”, p.208, Government Institutes

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