#forced

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#forced #help #life #long #long life

Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that. ↗

— Imran Khan

#commentary #cricket #does #doing #endorsements

Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination. ↗

— Stephen King

#back #bit #closed #forced #get

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#best #breed #cheerfulness #content #diligence

In the long run all producers are forced to use the most efficient methods or give place to others who do. ↗

— Frank Knight

#forced #give #long #long run #methods

I never staged a coup. They picked me up. Like I say, they forced me to become premier, maybe hoping that by that way, they send me to the electric chair. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#chair #coup #electric #forced #hoping

So the whole of war, when you look at it is probably run by professional soldiers, and the rest of them are just recruits, or people who are just forced to join the army. ↗

— Gerald Scarfe

#forced #join #just #look #people

In L.A. everyone is in the entertainment industry, so you're forced to think about work. ↗

— Seann William Scott

#entertainment #entertainment industry #everyone #forced #industry

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#forced #get #like #take #take care

I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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