"I think about giving up. I almost do."

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Source : Anchee Min (2001). “Becoming Madame Mao”, p.25, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Anchee Min

#Giving Up Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Seedsmen reckon that their stock in trade is not seeds at all ... it's optimism.”
“I tried to be strong in the face of obstacles.”
“Harboring bitterness against people is actually confessing their sin to myself, over and over again. Anger is akin to confessing their sin to God, dissatisfied that he hasn't done something and placing myself in his position as judge.”
“I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't sacrifice it to future conceptions of, of this future or that future.”
“The essence of the Redemption depends upon learningÂ Kabbalah”
“To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a full measure of courage and occasional luck!”
“Andrew Keen was so typically brilliant and entertaining at LeWeb 2007 that we booked him for Le Web 2009.”
“I like the sound of people's voices, and I think what a man says can very well tell what he's thinking, whether he's lying or not.”

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