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I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing today. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#history #purpose #vocation #age

I want to learn the language of the sun, and burn Agatha’s eyes out with my love poems. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#language #poem #funny

erhaps it was the difference in age between the countries—America with its expansive youth, building all those drive-in movie theaters and cowboy restaurants; Italians living in endless contraction, in the artifacts of generations, in the bones of empires. ↗

— Jess Walter

#cowboys #empires #italy #age

To snap my fingers and let it go away. Even if it takes the 3,000th hit with it, just let it all go away. ↗

— Rafael Palmeiro

#even #fingers #go #go away #hit

Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#first #get #golden #into #jumped

Most pitchers are too smart to manage. ↗

— Jim Palmer

#most #pitchers #smart #too

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#background #crimes #experience #financial #found

I came here knowing nobody. I worked clubs as a singer and even the doors a few times before I landed some TV roles. ↗

— Chazz Palminteri

#came #clubs #doors #even #few

Don't dumb it down. The audience is smart and gets what you are doing. ↗

— Bruce Paltrow

#doing #down #dumb #gets #smart

It's a prizefight. Get off the stool, take your beating, go back to your corner, rest, and take a beating again. Believe in your own talent. Marry well. ↗

— Bruce Paltrow

#back #beating #believe #corner #get