"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

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Source : Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Julian Hawthorne (2015). “Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences and Extensive Biographies: Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned American Novelist, Author of “The Scarlet Letter”, “The House of Seven Gables” and “Twice-Told Tales””, p.1775, e-artnow

Herman Melville

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Motivational Quotes

“He that opposes his own judgment against the consent of the times ought to be backed with unanswerable truths; and he that has truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because of other men's opinions.”
“I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Every time you ride, your either teaching or un-teaching your horse.”
“I'm tired of being crushed under the weight of greedy men who believe in nothing. I have to change that.”
“talk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. And me, I was moving. Now, again, always.”
“I am not really thinking, I am just, working with the music. And people have asked me, why don't you say more, or why do you not have singers, or why don't you sing? I think it's because, if I would have words for what I am doing, I I could write. But I really don't. It's a whole different thing. And I think it's one of the beauty of instrumental music is that it can be background. It can be what people call "easy listening." But it's really one of those things where it's as much as you are willing to give it.”
“Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God.”
“The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them”

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