"The writer's first affinity is not to a loyalty, a tradition, a morality, a religion, but to life itself, and to its representation in language."

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Source : FaceBook post by Jayne Anne Phillips from Oct 12, 2012

Jayne Anne Phillips

#Loyalty Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Morality Quotes

“We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.”
“I said to myself, we must die. Sooner or later, we must disappear forever from the face of the earth. Whatever be the links that hold us to life, they must be broken. This scene of existence is, in all its parts, calamitous.”

Source : Charles Brockden Brown (1989). “Wieland, or, The transformation: an American tale”, Doubleday
“Today's N.R.A. is, in reality, nothing more than a gun industry trade association masquerading as a shooting sports foundation. The organization's agenda is increasingly focused on one goal: selling more guns.”

Source : "Is It the Assault Rifle?" by Charlie Allenson, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 10, 2015.
“Failure is all a matter of perspective. Think of all the people you admire. I guarantee you they all failed at one time or another. The key is to recognize setbacks for what they really are-entry points for learning, not validation that you aren't good enough. After a disappointment analyze your actions, get feedback from friends, and take inventory of what you could do better next time. This type of self-reflection and improvement will ultimately make success inevitable.”
“Whatever we canâ€™t hold, we hang on a hook that will hold it.”
“It's just a matter of me opening up the page and whatever is written on the page, that's what I'm here to do.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise families and look after themselves, that's all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!”
“Some of the most beautiful people in the whole world wake up some days and they don't think that they're pretty.”

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