"Every man always has handy a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself."

-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#Sacrifice Quotes #Men Quotes #Dozen Quotes

“Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.”

Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.5, Oxford University Press, USA
“Sometimes love is a wound that opens and closes, opens and closes, all our lives.”

Source : Claire Vaye Watkins (2012). “Battleborn”, p.28, Granta Books
“It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it was getting more and more expensive to do.”
“He will spit you and roast you with rosemary, and we will all sample your flesh tonight. Tomorrow you will be shat out into the snow. Your diplomacy is bold and edgy, sir.”

Source : Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.806, Del Rey
“Why resist temptation? There will always be more.”

Source : Don Herold (1925). “Bigger & better”
“I was always exploring relationships between art and science.”
“No author, I think, is deserving of much censure for vanity if, taking down one of his ten-year-old books, he exclaims: "Great heavens, did I write as well as that then?" for the implication always is that one does not write any longer so well and few are so envious as to censure the complacencies of an extinct volcano.”
“It's a very scary time for a lot of people; they feel scared to speak up. There's so much controversy even speaking up about politics to begin with. People try to discredit you at every single corner, especially if you're a woman. So it's hard as an artist to really speak up about this kind of stuff when you're trying to be successful and have a career.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

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