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“The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome.”
― Sea Grapes
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome.”
― Sea Grapes
“We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”
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“آدمها میآیند
زندگی میکنند
میمیرند
و میروند
اما
فاجعهی زندگی تو
آن هنگام آغاز میشود
که آدمی میميرد
اما
نمیرود
میماند
و نبودنش در بودن تو
چنان ته نشین میشود
که تو میمیری در حالی که زندهای
و او زنده میشود در حالی که مرده است
از مزار که بازگشتی
قبرستان را به خانه نیاور”
―
زندگی میکنند
میمیرند
و میروند
اما
فاجعهی زندگی تو
آن هنگام آغاز میشود
که آدمی میميرد
اما
نمیرود
میماند
و نبودنش در بودن تو
چنان ته نشین میشود
که تو میمیری در حالی که زندهای
و او زنده میشود در حالی که مرده است
از مزار که بازگشتی
قبرستان را به خانه نیاور”
―
“I was set free, because my greatest fear had already been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
― Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
― Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
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