"I have a horror of being self-indulgent and wasting time, and there is that risk in doing this kind of work. Are you totally deluded in sitting down at a desk every day and trying to write something? Is it self-indulgent, or might it possibly lead to something worthwhile? At a certain point I decided to keep on because I felt like the work was getting better, and I was taking great pleasure in that."

-- Ben Fountain

#Writing Quotes #Self Quotes #Risk Quotes

“It is a commentary on Berlin in 1931 that ... it was 'My Yiddishe Momme' that the Berlin Broadcasting Company asked for.”
“Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice. We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado? Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices. Sometimes they pay the ultimate price.”

Source : Speech at St Bride's church, www.theguardian.com. November 2010.
“I still miss the days when a haircut was just a haircut. It was only your mates you had to face. Now there's a whole industry centred around people analysing your 'look'. I just cannot understand how anyone could get so worked up by... hair.”
“Endeavoring to live the Christian life by your own efforts is the greatest single hindrance to walking in the Spirit.”

Source : Derek Prince (2013). “By Grace Alone: Finding Freedom and Purging Legalism from Your Life”, p.27, Baker Books
“I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.”
“I'm not wearing any underwear!!!”
“Having the answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning.”
“It is in seeing ourselves whole that we can begin to see ways of working out our differences, of understanding our similarities and of finally forming the cohesive nation that can one day experience the 'domestic tranquility' so hoped for by the framers of the Constitution.”

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