Quote by Jean Anouilh
To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no. – Jean Anouilh

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Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as theyre old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that its enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it. – Jean Anouilh

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Self-pity is… a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink. – Elizabeth Elliot

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Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. – Pamela Vaull Starr

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A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both classes to spiritual sterility. – Lewis Mumford

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