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He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions. ↗

— James Hogg

#different #discovered #duty #eagerness #evolutions

In Washington, success is just a training course for failure. ↗

— Simon Hoggart

#failure #just #success #success is #training

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble. ↗

— Hal Holbrook

#cause #developed #discipline #i #learned

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's. ↗

— J. D. Salinger

#artist #concern #else #his #kind

All of us,' he said, 'have hopes of being poet, artist, discoverer, philospoher, scientist; of possessing the attributes of all these simultaneously. Few are permitted to achieve any of them in daily life. But in travel we attain them all. Then we have our day of glory, when all our dreams come true, when we can be anything we like, as long as we like, and, when we are tired of it, pull up stakes and move on. Travel -- the solitude of the mountains, the emptiness of the desert, the delicacy of the minaret; eternal change, limitless contrast, unending variety.' (Eric Lang) ↗

— Robert Edison Fulton Jr.

#daily-life #discovere #eternal-change #glory #hopes

I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article and then a book about him and I think at the time he came across as quite appealing, it was probably the height of his popularity. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#across #appealing #article #book #came

When she looked in the glass and saw her hair grey her cheek sunk, at fifty, she thought, possibly she might have managed things better--her husband; money; his books. But for her own part she would never for a single second regret her decision, evade difficulties, or slur over duties ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#decisions #difficulties #duties #life #regrets

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#different #force #go #heritage #history

Me parece que de nada vale correr si siempre ha de irse por el mismo camino, cerrado, de nuestra personalidad. Unos seres nacen para vivir, otros para trabajar, y otros para mirar la vida. Yo tenia un pequeño y ruin papel de espectadora. Imposible salirme de él. Imposible libertarme. Una tremenda congoje fue para mí lo único real en aquellos momentos. ↗

— Carmen Laforet

#coming-of-age #existentialism #laforet #nada #spanish-civil-war

In Modernism, reality used to validate media. In Postmodernism, the media validate reality. If you don't believe this, just think how many times you've described some real event as being 'just like a movie.' ↗

— Brad Holland

#believe #described #event #how #just