"One should never regret one's excesses, only one's failures of nerve."

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Source : Iain M. Banks (2012). “The Hydrogen Sonata: A Culture Novel”, p.230, Hachette UK

Iain Banks

#Regret Quotes #Nerves Quotes #Excess Quotes

“Women have entered the work force . . . partly to express their feelings of self-worth . . . partly because today many families would not survive without two incomes, partly because they are not at all sure their marriages will last. The day of the husband as permanent meal-ticket is over, a fact most women recognize, however they feel about "women's liberation.”
“President Bush announced tonight that he believes in democracy and that democracy can exist in Iraq. They can have a strong economy, they can have a good health care plan, and they can have a free and fair voting. Iraq? We can't even get this in Florida.”
“Artists have no choice but to express their lives,”

Source : Anne Truitt, Audrey Niffenegger (2013). “Daybook: The Journal of an Artist”, p.38, Simon and Schuster
“Engineering, I think you can pick up. [A data scientist's] curiosity is built-in”
“For some reason, I deliberately allow for simple things like three chords to mystify me. It's kind of fun that way. Like Billy Gibbons' guitar sound isn't the way it is because he uses a quarter as a pick or anything as simple as that; it's because he's in touch with a different sector of the cosmos that we know nothing about.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I'm able to inspire other people, to see the potential of a career, they can look to me and see that they can do it.”

Source : Source: thesource.com
“But there is much beauty here, because there is much beauty everywhere.”
“Find the game where you can win, and then commit your life to playing it; and play to win.”

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