“Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive.”
― Ego Is the Enemy
― Ego Is the Enemy
“There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey, and the Book of Common Prayer.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“All other things held constant, to the extent that an individual or society sees, believes in, and acts in abundance, so will it have wealth and happiness.”
― A Happy Pocket Full of Money: Infinite Wealth and Abundance in the Here and Now
― A Happy Pocket Full of Money: Infinite Wealth and Abundance in the Here and Now
“E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.' You don't have to see where you're going, you don't have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice on writing, or life, I have ever heard.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
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