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"Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt use it—don’t cheat with it"

Translations

“The hardest thing to do is to write straight honest prose on human beings”

Ernest Hemingway

“Always be willing to walk away from anyone who is not prepared to grow ”

“The shortest answer is doing the thing”

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know”

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“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.”

“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none ...”

“The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work”

“The more you know, the more you know you don't know.”

“The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like your enemy.”

“You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, eac...”

“The greatest lessons in life are often learned through failure. Embrace it, learn from it,...”

“You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it.”

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”