"Opinions scattered indiscriminately about leave the mark of egotism."

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Source : William Strunk Jr., E.B. White (1962). “the Elements of Style”

William Strunk, Jr.

#Opinion Quotes #Mark Quotes #Egotism Quotes

“We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear of God, which lets us love and foster peace.”
“People dreamed. People left. And they all came back.”

Source : John Corey Whaley (2012). “Where Things Come Back”, p.35, Simon and Schuster
“Not the swart Pariah in some Indian grove, Lone, lean, and hunted by his brother's hate, Hath drunk so deep the cup of bitter fate As that poor wretch who cannot, cannot love: He bears a load which nothing can remove, A killing, withering weight.”
“In Vietnam, our soldiers came back and they were reviled as baby killers, in shame and humiliation. It isn't happening now, but I will tell you, there has never been an American army as violent and murderous as our army has been in Iraq.”
“This is exactly how I would describe my work: 'I get there, I put on the clothes, I leave it on the hanger, and I go home.' And that's what I do.”
“Tapas is not a penance, it's a mental training to develop will power”
“What's the impulse behind art? It's saying in whatever language is the language of your work, â€œIf I could move you as much as it moved me â€¦ if I can move anyone a tenth as much as that moved me, if I can spark the same sense of mystery and awe and surprise as that sparked in me, well that's why I do what I do.â€”
“I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way to talk to one's wife in a different way but it was so not forced.”

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