"I don't think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own."

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Source : Bernard Malamud (2003). “The Natural: A Novel”, p.149, Macmillan

Bernard Malamud

#Giving Up Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes

“If you ask the Universe to be your partner and guide you on the path to wholeness, it will oblige.”
“The moon does not think to be reflected, nor does the water think to reflect, in the Hirosawa Pond.”
“He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.”
“Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothÃ¨se-lÃ .”
“Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events.”
“I admire Grover Norquist. I think hes done a lot of good.”
“Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man shows more and the unrestrained man less steadfastness than most men are capable of.”
“I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.”

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