"I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever."

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Source : Beatrix Potter (2013). “Delphi Complete Peter Rabbit Tales (Illustrated)”, p.1002, Delphi Classics

Beatrix Potter

#Desire Quotes #Stronger Quotes #Poor Quotes

“There is inevitably a trade-off between staffing and safety, and as a society we must decide where that balance should be struck.”
“My parents had us very young. We lived in a modest house. We built forts, we hiked, we went camping and they wanted us to be independent. It's how children grew up in the 1940s and 50s: outside all the time, playing in the dirt, riding your bike around.”
“I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced him as the 'Will Rogers' of the Church, and told the congregation that he was a great humorist. When he got up he said, 'You know, I think the Lord himself likes a joke. If he didn't, he wouldn't have made some of you folks!”
“Lou Grant was pretty much always Lou Grant”
“I like things that involve skill and I love anything that's a bit of a challenge”
“If nuclear warfare is believed to be somewhat controlled, then climate change is now the greatest threat.”

Source : "Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, truthout.org. September 17, 2016.
“It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.”
“Authorship is, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, an infamy, a pastime, a day-labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, a virtue.”

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