"Most fisherman, including this one, cling to their pet stupidities as they would to a battered briar or an old jacket; and their dogged persistence in wrong methods and general wrong-headedness finally wins the a sort of grudging admiration, if not many fish."

-- John D. Voelker

#Persistence Quotes #Winning Quotes #Lakes Quotes

“Who's responsible for the riots? The rioters!”
“What we gotta do is, we gotta figure out a way to reverse gravity, so that we all fall upward, through the clouds and sky, all the way to Heaven.”

Source : Justin Torres (2012). “We the Animals”, p.71, Granta Books
“You have to break your fingers to learn how to play guitar.”
“There's a difference between racism and "I don't know any better. I'm clueless." Racism is like, "I'm trying to make you feel bad." That's racism.”
“There are times when one cannot accept facts for fear of shattering one's being. As I listened to Ian's news, all of Digit's life, since my first meeting with him as a playful little ball of black fluff ten years earlier, passed through my mind. From that moment on, I came to live within an insulated part of myself.”
“Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.”
“True meaning in life comes through understanding your own nature and learning to accept all aspects of yourself.”

Source : Kristine Carlson (2001). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Women: Simple and Practical Ways to Do What Matters Most and Find Time for You”, p.138, Hachette UK
“The soul is a muscle, and it needs to be exercised a little every day. Say a morning prayer just to say something.”

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