Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that youve scowled upon. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove ones self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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All brave men love for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. – Barry Lopez

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Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form. – Jean Luc Godard

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There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. – Willa Cather

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The best of the old stories spoke to the listener because they spoke not just to the ears but to the heart as well. – Jane Yolen

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The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomings for his greater good. I am humbled by my own limitations. But where I am weak, He is strong. – Rick Perry

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I write in longhand on yellow legal pads. – Beverly Cleary

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It isnt the incompetent who destroy an organization. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up. – Charles Sorenson

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