#his

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. ↗

— Terry Prachett

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I'll stay in Memphis. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#memphis #stay

Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way. ↗

— Matthew Prior

#fastest #furthest #his #his way #only

One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life. ↗

— Edward B. Butler

#another #days #enthusiasm #his #life

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#i #knew #never #pains #readable

We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#away #back #character #double #either

History does not always repeat itself. ↗

— John W. Campbell

#does #history #itself #repeat

He behaved like an ostrich and put his head in the sand, thereby exposing his thinking parts. ↗

— George Carman

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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

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