The measure of a work of art is how much art it has in it, not how much ‘relevance’. Relevant to whom? Relevant to what? Nothing is more ephemeral than a hot topic.
Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.
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Natalie Goldberg
Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldn’t rely on it, because it’s not guaranteed and it’s not permanent and it’s not sufficient. So work hard, fall in love with...
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Veronica Roth
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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Herman Melville
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
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Winston S. Churchill
When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others
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Robert Greene
More Quotes By Edward St. Aubyn
Life itself is the proper binge.
You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.
Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.
In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and...
The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.
