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Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. – Thomas Perry

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There are days when I intentionally dont write. For instance, I never write when Im traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working. – Thomas Perry

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The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you dont resent them, you are not fit to live. – Bernard de Mandeville

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Everyone is given one gift, a reason for being, and its our obligation to do something with it. Obviously, its a challenge – but if youre not taking the bull by the horns, I have no patience for you. Youre just taking up space. – Melissa Rosenberg

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The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare. – John Major

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I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient. – Gertrude Stein

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