"A period recourse into the wilds is not a retreat into secret silent sanctums to escape a wicked world, it is to take breath amid effort to forge a better world."

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Benton MacKaye

#Effort Quotes #Secret Quotes #Wicked Quotes

“It`s not about women acting like man, it`s about women acting like woman and being sucsessful”
“If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing”
“Writing is like mining for gold hidden in the hillsides of your mind.”
“I really believe the most handicapped [person] in the whole world is a negative thinker.”
“Yes," she answers and does not move. She might, at this moment, be nothing but a floating intelligence; not even a brain inside a skull, just a presence that perceives, as a ghoast might. Yes, she thinks, this is probably how it must feel to be a ghost. It's a little like reading, isn't it-that same sensation of knowing people, settings, situations, without playing any particular part beyond that of the willing observer.”
“Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.”
“I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me no likey worky.”
“A man of wisdom delights in water.”

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