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“I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.”
Andre Gide
“Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination”
“God always does things for our best, even if we don't think so, today's thorn is tomorrow's flower!”
Lulu Mares
“sadness is not to make you cry but to make you fight”
maria mayline grant
“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
Voltaire
“From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.”
Isaac Asimov
“I am convinced, the longer I live, that life & its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed [as] when we are suffering greatly, we are inclined to suppose.”
Mary Todd Lincoln
“If people are being friendly to the others for the sake of same response, then they may somehow vulnerable to disappointment.”
Toba Beta
“Obviously I'm very disappointed with the result but we moved the ball around well and played better than I expected.”
Akira Nishino
“If there was a fight between the fans who loved me or booed me, I think the boos would have won.”
Ron Artest
