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Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.

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Adventure is something you seek for pleasure, or even for profit, like a gold rush or invading a country;...but experience is what…
Defeat in this world is no disgrace if you fought well and fought for the right thing.
I don't believe in intuition. When you get sudden flashes of perception, it is just the brain working faster than usual. But…
Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.
I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to…
You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.
And yet, we know how fatal the pursuit of liveliness may be: it may result in ... tiresome acrobatics. ... Flashy effects…
Those who give the orders are not the ones to die The people who are doing the work and the fighting and…
Writing, in any sense that matters, cannot be taught. It can only be learned by each separate one of us in his…
Most people won't realise that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.
There are so many things that we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that…
I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.

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Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every… — Bobby Knight
Im very clear that everyone in the world loves me. I just dont expect them to realize it yet. — Byron Katie
We deceive ourselves when giving respect to the person for whom we have surrendered ourselves, when we respectively expect them to be… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them. — Katherine Anne Porter
It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe? — Isiah Thomas
We must remind our politicians that we expect them to speak honestly and to be concerned about real issues, and not simply… — Davis McCaughey
If these two couldn't divorce why on earth would we expect them to get married? — Jonathan Freedland
Miracles never cease to amaze me. I expect them, but their consistent arrival is always delightful to experience. — Mark Victor Hansen
I do not intend for 'honor, courage, and commitment' to be just words; I expect them to frame the way that we… — Charles C. Krulak
Anytime that is ‘betwixt and between’ or transitional is the faeries’ favorite time. They inhabit transitional spaces: the bottom of the garden,… — Brian Froud
You often see shocks in the League Cup, even when you don’t expect them — Unknown Author
We fall in love with one version of someone and we expect them to stay that way, but they never do. — Olivia Wilde

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