"Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to see."

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Source : Jane Bowles (2014). “My Sister's Hand in Mine: The Collected Works of Jane Bowles”, p.186, Macmillan

Jane Bowles

#Victory Quotes #Able Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Yeah, some kids called me fish lips because I had these really full lips. Now I'm sure all those same girls are getting collagen injections, so I'm having the last laugh.”
“From dwarf tossing to drug taking: The legislator has no place in voluntary exchanges between consenting adults, as dodgy and as dangerous as these might be.”
“The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.”
“It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.”
“The blind pursuit of learning leads to excessive desiresâ€”the more you see, the more you want. Excessive desires, in turn, lead to anxiety and misery.”

Source : Derek Lin (2006). “Tao Te Ching”, p.40, SkyLight Paths Publishing
“I tried to do everything I could to study Walt Disney. I would read every book I could on the company, and then I found out more about him as a person, as an entrepreneur, and it was just fascinating to me that this guy was able to live a great life with his family but also do these amazing things at work.”
“I believe in God the way my dog does”
“The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible”

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