"I contracted a disease which I have never shaken off. The disease was idealism. Because of it, I did the thing in life I wanted to do - Writing."

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Source : Max Ehrmann (2017). “The Desiderata of Happiness”, p.4, Souvenir Press Ltd

Max Ehrmann

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“Sick I am of idle words, past all reconciling, Words that weary and perplex and pander and conceal, Wake the sounds that cannot lie, for all their sweet beguiling; The language one need fathom not, but only hear and feel.”
“I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.”
“Just follow me and run like your life depends on it. Because it does.”

Source : James Dashner (2014). “The Maze Runner Trilogy”, p.301, Scholastic UK
“Innovation implies high risk, and with high risk comes failure, so you've got to be prepared for that, but if you don't risk, then your business goes stale very quickly.”
“A lot of people in the WWE try to paint themselves as outlaws and rebels and I really honestly believe I'm the only one left. I always do what I want and I never get any flack for it. I don't know if it's because they know they're not gonna win, or it's not worth fighting me over. Plus I don't see what the big deal is about me wearing a Cabana shirt. The guy should be working there, first of all, and it's promoting my friend. I don't see what the big deal is.”
“I tossed off a mention of the pirates early on. And they became integral to the backstory. Sometimes now I imagine them in the woods. They scare me. All men. Dirty and wearing red.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“With a sitcom, everyday you do a run through, and people are judging you, and the scripts are being changed nightly, nightly, nightly.”
“Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in.”

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