"Ah! the clock is always slow; it is later than you think."

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Source : "It Is Later Than You Think" l. 56 (1921)

Robert W. Service

#Thinking Quotes #Clock Quotes

“My art school rejection letter arrived as a cold manila fist that closed around my fragile hopes ... The fear was practically edible. Nothing would happen unless I get out and make it happen. Then, as if handling me the keys to the jet pack, my dad bought me a typewriter and a taped message to the inside of its case: "Son - the world is waiting to hear from you".”

Source : "7 Pieces Of Wisdom From Malala Yousafzai, Lady Gaga And The Rest Of Glamour’s 2013 Women Of The Year" by Emma Gray, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2013.
“Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an example of decadence, being a very good analyst of how terrible and monstrous American culture was. That they liked, but they wouldn't publish him. I guess it must have been the sex. With Beckett, it must have been the hopelessness.”
“I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.”
“One might feel indignant at the injustice which deals out what is called fame with so unequal a hand, were it not for the reflection that men who are competent to add to the intellectual wealth of the world, and enlarge the domain of knowledge, have learned to take popular applause at its true value, and to find in the faithful discharge of honorable duty a satisfaction which is its own reward.”

Source : George Stillman Hillard (1864). “Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-general U. S. Army”, p.41, Gale Cengage Learning
“I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.”
“That very church which the world likes best is sure to be that which God abhors.”
“ã€€When the leaders speak of peace ã€€The common folk know ã€€That war is coming ã€€When the leaders curse war ã€€The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread ã€€I go to the market where lies are bought ã€€Hopefully ã€€I take up my place among the sellers. ã€€”
“I don't know why he [Darren Star] is so good at writing for women. Maybe he just likes women. I'm not quite sure what the magic recipe is, other than he just knows how to entertain an audience, and he knows when to be gooey and sweet, and when to be provocative and naughty.”

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