"I had a job, I got ill, I left the job to get better, and while I was getting better, I wrote some stories. I sent them to some publishers and the fifth one who replied said they'd take them. Then they went bankrupt. Then that bankrupt publisher got bought by a bigger firm. Story: in the end is the beginning, and in the beginning is the end."

-- Ali Smith

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“I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.”
“Art's whatever you choose to frame.”

Source : Fleur Adcock (2000). “Poems 1960-2000”, Bloodaxe Books Limited
“Maybe miracles are given not to prove anything, but simply to remind us that the physical world is not so solid and real and dependable as we think.”
“There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.”
“He whose first emotion, on the view of an excellent work, is to undervalue or depreciate it, will never have one of his own to show.”
“It's not that we're trying to avoid death; we're trying to enjoy our lives fully, to wring every wonderful drop out of life that we possibly can.”

Source : Joe De Sena (2014). “Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life”, p.130, Simon and Schuster
“My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.”
“Itâ€™s precisely the people who are considered the least â€˜likelyâ€™ leaders who end up inspiring others the most. Everyday people and everyday acts of courage eventually change everything.”

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