"To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted."

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Source : Dashiell Hammett (1965). “The novels of Dashiell Hammett”

Dashiell Hammett

#Inspirational Quotes #Men Quotes #People Quotes

“You always think another time would have been ideal for you . . . the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.”
“Inspiration comes from everything from the entire world, and its hard to pinpoint one thing. I can trace one inspiration to the writing of 13th-century Zen master Dogen Zenji, who writes beautifully about time.”
“I think that Rachel Maddow is probably the most assertive, politically motivated and accurate voice of my generation.”
“I love funky styles. Not preppy or rock, just funky!”
“People can say anything they want to. If they don't want to get the news from me, get it from somebody else. It's not something I'm going to worry about, I'm sorry.”

Source : "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.
“No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.”

Source : Edgar Guest (1916). “A Heap o' Living'”
“It is not labor that kills, but the small attritions of daily routine that wear us down.”
“What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched-my eyeballs burn, I scent no flowery gust; But faint the flagging zephyr springs, With dry Macadam on its wings, And turns me 'dust to dust.'”

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