But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary - Tennessee Williams

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Which do you think is more my friend, the water in the four great oceans or the tears that you have shed on this long way of taking birth again and again?

Tennessee Williams

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

Adversary, Good, Men, Spirit, Think, Thinking

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It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.

Artist, Doe, Invention, Reality, Recourse, Work

You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.

Baby, Glasses, Inclined, See, Wine

Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.

Matter, No Matter What, Ruin, Ruins, Utter

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

Man, Men, Separated, Teaching, Writing

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

Lonely, Selfish, Loneliness, Inexcusably, Alone

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Personally, I am a church-going Christian. I love my church, my congregation; it's my favorite place to be.

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Which do you think is more my friend, the water in the four great oceans or the tears that you have shed on this long way of taking birth again and again?

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Rich Mullins

The longer I live, the more I have the feeling like God looks down, like when you've just bitten into a vanilla ice cream cone, you just get the feeling God's going, 'Yes! He enjoys it, and I made his taste buds and I made vanilla and he's putting it together and he's experiencing what I created him to experience.

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Jose Saramago

In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do not romanticize the act of writing. I don't talk about the anguish I suffer in creating. I do not have a fear of the blank page, writer's block, all those things that we hear about writers.

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Lleyton Hewitt

I have sometimes played my best Davis Cup matches away from home when you stay in the moment a bit more. But it is tough when half the crowd are spitting on you.

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