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After these three novels I gave up writing novels for a time; I was dissatisfied with romantic doom, yet didn't see much way around it. ↗

— Nicholas Mosley

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I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself. ↗

— Ike Turner

#because #confidence #enjoy #fighting #get

The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#into #many #persons #scared #servitude

God exists only if adored Time is nothing if one has not dreamed ("Painting") ↗

— Pierre Reverdy

#time #dreams

If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two blocks-but never three. ↗

— Robert Motherwell

#block #find #go #inspiration #never

I don't like the dislocation of being away for months at a time. It's not conducive to having a life. ↗

— Bob Mould

#being #conducive #dislocation #having #i

For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#any #been #cautious #century #character

Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#accommodate #edges #give #group #most

This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness. ↗

— Origen

#also #beginning #certain #certain time #church

In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are stories that depict us in a way that isn't cliched or niche, and that a white person, a Chinese person, an Indian person can watch and relate to. Those are the stories I want to be a part of telling. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#chinese #cliched #dearth #depict #found