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When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something p

When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody. – John McGahern

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When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist. – John McGahern

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Theres always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning. – Pat Riley

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Say “Yes” to the seedlings and a giant forest cleaves the sky. Say “Yes” to the universe and the planets become your neighbors. Say “Yes” to dreams of love and freedom. It is the password to utopia. – Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun, 1951

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You dont have to have an attitude if youre famous. – Adriana Lima

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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, 1860

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