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If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old. ↗

— Martin Luther

#devil #fellows #need #old #since

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it. ↗

— William James

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Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#becoming #completely #contempt #cut #felt

I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

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Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them. ↗

— Diane Johnson

#make #nothing #rules #since #them

I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

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If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. ↗

— Michelangelo

#comes #death #displeased #hand #life

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

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since. ↗

— Michael Ironside

#been #did #doing #ended #ever

I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons. ↗

— Jack Irons

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