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Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. ↗

— Epictetus

#any #bear #blossom #bunch #created

Overall I think that the most important thing is to have true friends, and always to stay true to yourself and never try to be somebody that you're not. ↗

— Diego Boneta

#friends #i #i think #important #important thing

I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#current #economic #followers #forum #i

There's got to be something that you can do that will not just be a nice honor to the play, or the book, or the movie you're dealing with, but some aspect that maybe can explore something that the play couldn't do. ↗

— William Bolcom

#book #dealing #explore #got #honor

But maybe it's up in the hills under the leaves or in a ditch somewhere. Maybe it's never found. But what you find, whatever you find, is always only part of the missing, and writing is the way the poet finds out what it is he found. ↗

— Paul Engle

#ditch #find #finds #found #hills

For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before. ↗

— Brian Eno

#before #called #combination #established #fairly

I do sometimes look back at things I've written in the past, and think, 'I just don't remember being the person who wrote that.' ↗

— Brian Eno

#being #i #i do #in the past #just

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#bathing #bathing suit #care #comfortable #feel

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#courage #else #lot #our dreams #show

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#asking #better #children #critical #other