"The world," he said, "is not a wish-granting……" — John Green

"The world," he said, "is not a wish-granting factory," and then he broke down, just for one moment, his sob roaring impotent like a clap of thunder unaccompanied by lightning, the terrible ferocity that amateurs in the field of suffering might mistake for weakness."

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I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. — Paul Cezanne
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. — Chuck Close
The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil. — Chi Chi Rodriguez
Jet lag is for amateurs. — Dick Clark
Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people. — Bruce Schneier
Parties sickened me. I hated the game-playing, the dirty play, the flirting, the amateurs drunks, the bores. — Charles Bukowski
It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this… — Gerald Brenan
Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether. — Norman Mailer
None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker. — Jose Raul Capablanca
No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters,… — Jose Raul Capablanca
Amateurs hope. Professional work. — Garson Kanin

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