"I don't think so, I don't agree. The most unbearable thing I think by far, she said, is hope."

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Source : Aimee Bender (2011). “The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories”, p.28, Anchor

Aimee Bender

#Thinking Quotes #Unbearable Quotes #Said Quotes

“I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given to work and think, than I really am by other writers.”
“Little miss is taught by her mamma that she must never speak before she is spoken to. On this she sits bridling up her head, looking from one to the other, in hopes of being called to and addressed by the name of pretty miss.... But if this should not happen and no one should take any notice of her, she is ready to cry at the neglect. But should there be another miss in the room caressed and taken notice of whilst she is thus overlooked, it will be impossible for her to contain her tears, and blubbering is the word.”
“There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love.”

Source : Stirling Moss, Ken W. Purdy (1963). “All But My Life”, London : William Kimber
“Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct.”
“You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!”
“Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.”
“Every company needs to have a skunkworks, to try things that have a high probability of failing. You try to minimize failure, but at the same time, if you're not willing to try things that are inherently risky, you're not going to make progress.”

Source : "Q&A: Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell on Innovation, the “Next Steve Jobs” and Why Mobile Games Are “Over”". Interview with Eric Johnson, allthingsd.com. March 26, 2013.
“Paul had an almost missionary companion. His name was Demas. Paul wrote his entire history in nine words. He says: Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world.”

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