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Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books. ↗

— Simon Raven

#another #books #boring #concluded #drudgery

I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do. ↗

— Simon Raven

#every #i #institution #loathed #loved

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas. ↗

— Paul Valery

#deprive #difficulties #him #his #ideas

Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. ↗

— Simon Raven

#attitude #bed #civilized #did #god

American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century. ↗

— Diane Ravitch

#been #century #education #fads #failed

Life is a tide; float on it. Go down with it and go up with it, but be detached. Then it is not difficult. ↗

— Prem Rawat

#difficult #down #float #go #life

What I gave I have, what I spent I had, what I left I lost by not giving it. ↗

— Thomas Ravenscroft

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You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here. ↗

— Irving Ravetch

#drink #family #feeling #here #i

I don't typically work that late into the night in a studio, I'm more productive during the day. ↗

— Amy Ray

#during #i #into #late #more

I declare that I will establish peace in this world. ↗

— Prem Rawat

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