"Originality is... a by-product of sincerity."

-- Marianne Moore

#Being Yourself Quotes #Being Single Quotes #Originality Quotes

“I'm pretty far from the character I play, so it's fun to mess around and be a 15-year-old again.”
“The reality is that the United States military alone cannot be all things to all nations. We will sharpen the application of our resources, better deploy our forces in the world and share our burdens more and more effectively with our partners. And frankly, all our allies need to do the same.”
“Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.”
“You had me at fruit pies”
“I also think it's still easy for us - as women, as writers and as directors and producers - to let it fall into the same patterns. Like, "and then the woman brings in the food, because the woman's the one who makes food." It's easy for that to happen, because that's what we've always known.”
“NOVEL, n. A short story padded...”
“How could so many intelligent people be so grievously wrong for such an extended period of time? How could they ignore so much overwhelming evidence that contradicted their most basic theories? These questions, too, deserve their own discipline: the sociology of error.”
“The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”

Source : John Bingham (1999). “The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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