"Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or library, calculate how many lifetimes the average person would need to read all the fiction contained therein. To think that one has anything to contribute, to any genre or tradition, takes genuine hubris."

-- Laura Lippman

#Writing Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The reality is that de-carbonisation is not happening fast enough.”
“I don't know so much about my boys, but my girls, they all work with me. They know how to work. My daughters know it's not done till it's done, even if it's three or four in the morning. I don't want them to grow up with entitlement.”

Source : "Marie Osmond will never get over son's suicide, cried when daughter said she was gay". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. April 4, 2013.
“You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.”
“To live without love, compassion, or any other spiritual value creates a state of such severe imbalance that every cell yearns to correct it. Ultimately, that is what lies behind the onset of disease; the body is sending a message that something lacking in the presentâ€”an imbalance existing somewhereâ€”has given rise to highly visible, unarguable, physical symptoms.”
“I'm a traveling practical joker. That's my line of work.”
“During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since.”
“Nearly everyone will lie to you given the right circumstances.”
“To me, spirituality is about two things: The liberation of consciousness from all illusion, so that the true nature can shine and an embodiment in life that is an alternative to the patterns of manipulation and greed that dominate our current culture.”

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