"He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things."

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Anton Chekhov

#Writing Quotes #Foolish Quotes #Not Afraid Quotes

“We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.”

Source : Oliver Sacks (2013). “Seeing Voices”, Vintage
“Itâ€™s not just the adage â€˜write what you know,â€™ itâ€™s about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience youâ€™ve collected up to now to help you dive into the things you donâ€™t know.”
“Here's to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.”
“How many Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? Many in body, one in mind.”
“King Hussein of Jordan dedicated his life - I witnessed it in his sleeping as well as waking hours - to trying to break through the impasses keeping people apart. He understood that the security and prosperity of any one of us in this world depends on the security and prosperity enjoyed by others. As Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." In the Middle East, nothing could be more true.”
“I believe that there is an important kernel of truth in the idea that financial errors recur every other generation.”
“A writer writes what interests him and what he can manage, and what he can make live, as Flannery O'Connor said. So my reaction to someone saying "You must!" or "You should!" or even "Hey, why don't you?" is basically to sort of shrug and politely walk off and do whatever I want to do. It's nobody else's business, really, and even if I happened to agree with one of those "musts" or "shoulds" what would I do about it, if my heart wasn't in it?”
“Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.”

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