"One thing about failing repeatedly: If you're still doing it after you've failed that much, you really mean it."

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Alice Sebold

#Mean Quotes #Failing Quotes #Really Mean Quotes

“After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expression was no longer used.”
“I am left with no choice but to acknowledge the existence of a superior Intellect, responsible for the design and development of the incredible brain-mind relationship... I have to believe all this had an intelligent beginning.”
“I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them.”
“How come foreign accents are so sexy? If I say, 'I'm going to the store,' it sounds boring, benign and rudimentary. But if it's said with an accent, it sounds fundamentally cool.”
“It should not surprise us that there must be other civilizations in our galaxy and throughout the entire universe.”
“Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you.”

Source : Kent Nerburn (2014). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love”, p.169, New World Library
“Was there ever such thing as great Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you â€” what â€” was there not sad stuff?”
“It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide.”

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