#achieved

In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write? ↗

— Gao Xingjian

#authors #continued #could #enduring #great

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur. ↗

— David Baldacci

#been #believe #citizen #fiction #injustice

Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur. ↗

— David Baldacci

#believe #fiction #justice #least #occur

My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#art #being #broke #cartoon #cartoonist

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. ↗

— Angela Davis

#activist #allows #back #because #consider

I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#activity #could #goals #health #i

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#drink #other #perfection #rarely #sensuality

FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through our efforts alone - equally important is the power which every fan of the beautiful game has at their disposal. ↗

— Sepp Blatter

#alone #beautiful #better #better place #cannot

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work. ↗

— William Feather

#fundamental #hard #hard work #lack #maintained

On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#balance #been #between #blessings #camp