"The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always."

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Veronica Roth

#Pessimism Quotes #Strategy Quotes

“The rules that I adhere to are the rules of minimalism. And those rules kind of force writing to be more filmic... to have the immediacy and accessibility of film so that the reader really has to fill in a lot of the details.”
“I'm one of 23 million Americans in recovery who have gone on to live productive lives.”
“God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.”
“I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called Ooh La La, that was like a breath of fresh air in Haitian music.”

Source : "Haiti’s Michel Martelly: Wyclef’s Presidential Opponent Speaks". Interview with Tai Saint-Louis, allhiphop.com. August 6, 2010.
“I divide the word into learners and nonlearners. There are people who learn, who are open to what happens around them, who listen, who hear the lessons. When they do something stupid, they don't do it again. And when they do something that works a little bit, they do it even better and harder the next time. The question to ask is not whether you are a success or a failure, but whether you are a learner or a nonlearner.”
“Writers aren't like plumbers. If you're a plumber, you fix one person's boiler in the morning, then you go and fix another in the afternoon. I didn't want to write a book unless I had something new to say - and it was good to live a little in between.”
“If all the diplomats were kicked out, the UN could be turned into the finest bordello in the world and do just as much, if not more, for international harmony.”

Source : F. Paul Wilson (2011). “The Tomb”, p.261, Macmillan
“I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.”

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