#m

But my promoter Frank Warren knows what he is doing, and has been through this cycle many times with other fighters. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#cycle #doing #fighters #frank #knows

I'd always said that I'd like to have a title by the next Olympics, so this is a great opportunity, and could be the start of my climb to a world title. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#climb #could #great #great opportunity #i

People are starting to see that now and I've learnt more from those 10 rounds than I have in my previous 10 fights. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#i #learnt #more #now #people

The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#belts #commonwealth #going #i #three

There's such a big buzz around boxing at the moment. Everything's happening and there's so much building up with a lot of young talent coming through. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#big #boxing #building #buzz #coming

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth. ↗

— George Saunders

#developing #earth #here #only #our

The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual. ↗

— George Saunders

#fear #habitual #hurtful #i #i love

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. ↗

— George Saunders

#answers #bad #bet #cruel #declines

Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#directed #grammar #henceforth #language #longer

I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of your deficiencies. ↗

— George Saunders

#always #around #avoidance #aware #come