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“I've got so many things coming across my desk right now that are nonfootball related, I can't stand it.”
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“The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories”
Source : Diane Arbus (2003). “Diane Arbus: revelations”, Random House (NY)
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“When you are in high school, you don't give much thought to what you can't do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.”
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“Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life.”
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“We may train ourselves to be adaptable as possible, to respond appropriately in each situation, but the ideal of controlling the outcome or steering events as they occur must be relinquished. Chaos rules it all.”
Source : Mark Twight (2002). “Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber”, p.47, The Mountaineers Books
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“There's a sureness to good writing even when what's being written about doesn't make all that much sense. It's the sureness of the so-called seat of an accomplished horseback rider or a sailor coming about in a strong wind. The words have both muscle and grace, familiarity and surprise.”
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“I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.”
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“Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.”
Source : Dame Ellen Terry (1908). “The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections”