#lit

So actually war is politically profitable, financially profitable, morally depraved. ↗

— Dennis Kucinich

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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

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I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

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When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it. ↗

— Paul Theroux

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I don't think I could be a foot soldier. I don't know if I could take orders too good. I'm a little lazy. ↗

— Benicio Del Toro

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I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

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The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can. ↗

— Lowell Thomas

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This morning, I went to wipe my hands on a tea towel, and while I was using it, it seemed like it felt a bit light. I unfolded it and realized my daughter had cut little bits out of it to make frocks for her dolls! ↗

— Emma Thompson

#bits #cut #daughter #dolls #felt

I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that weren't really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening. ↗

— Ken Thompson

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