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Lydia Davis has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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We feel an affinity with a certain thinker because we agree with him; or because he shows us what we were already…
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We all have an ongoing narrative inside our heads, the narrative that is spoken aloud if a friend asks a question. That…
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You know the pain is part of the whole thing. And it isn’t that you can say afterwards the pleasure was greater…
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The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not…
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I attempt all day, at work, not to think about what lies ahead, but this costs me so much effort that there…
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No one is calling me. I can’t check the answering machine because I have been here all this time. If I go…
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To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary a lot,…
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Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer.
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But it is curious how you can see that an idea is absolutely true and correct and yet not believe it deeply…
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Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.
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I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for…
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I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways…
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I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you know, all…
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To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.
— Walter Benjamin
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Every audience has its character; I like America - they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so…
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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the…
— Sun Tzu
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Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
— Ben Jonson
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Come, don't be in a fright, but put on your clothes, and I'll let you into a secret. You must know that…
— Unknown Author
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['Fire and Rain'] is sort of almost uncomfortably close. Almost confessional. The reason I could write a song like that at that…
— James Taylor
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All anyone really needs to know about barbed wire is that it can tear the arse out of your trousers, give a…
— Billy Connolly
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The absolute contingency of the encounter takes on the appearance of destiny. The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to…
— Alain Badiou
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Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life…
— Swami Vivekananda
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People die of fright and live of confidence.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Let us be today's Christians. Let us not take fright at the boldness of today's church. With Christ's light let us illuminate…
— Oscar Romero
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