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"Slow going. about one in every four essays is well written; the rest read like pet coffee house theory or an outline of a good idea which never came to full being and lacks research.." — Nov 08, 2013 06:09PM
"Slow going. about one in every four essays is well written; the rest read like pet coffee house theory or an outline of a good idea which never came to full being and lacks research.." — Nov 08, 2013 06:09PM
“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”
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“Many men would take the death-sentence without a whimper, to escape the life-sentence which fate carries in her other hand.”
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“You wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I sleep. What I have done, what I am doing, what I am going to do, puzzle and bewilder me. Have you ever been a leaf and fallen from your tree in autumn and been really puzzled about it? That’s the feeling.
(T.E. Lawrence to artist Eric Kennington, May 1935 )”
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(T.E. Lawrence to artist Eric Kennington, May 1935 )”
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“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.”
― Mrs. Warren's Profession
― Mrs. Warren's Profession
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