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I started out as a poet. I've always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be fundamentally a poet who got into writing novels. ↗

— Alice Walker

#been #feel #fundamentally #got #i

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. ↗

— Mark Twain

#discover #his #ideally #order #own

I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

#folks #i #me #most #out

Revolution begins with the self, in the self. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

#revolution #self

Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?' The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly. Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.' Didn't you mean them?' At the moment. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#honesty #lies #love #men #relationships

I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow. ↗

— Eric Bana

#attracted #been #cars #completely #driving

When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd jump over things - always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting to take physical risks. ↗

— Eric Bana

#any #badly #bike #crashing #hurting

Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people? ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#among #diversity #god #his #image

A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married. ↗

— Eric Bana

#always #bit #friends #fun #getting

By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to it in any great way. ↗

— Eric Bana

#area #back #burnt #by the time #comedy