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Certain Quotes by James Salter
- Why is it so difficult to assemble those things that really matter in life and to dwell among them only? I am referring to certain…
- Certain things I remember exactly as they were. They are merely discolored a bit by time, like coins in the pocket of a forgotten suit.…
- One is seduced and battered in turn. The result is presumably wisdom. Wisdom! We are clinging to life like lizards. Why is it so difficult…
- In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on…
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- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say… — Luis Bunuel
- I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can… — Barack Obama
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell