Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.
("The Old Man and the Sea")
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We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man's duty to understand his world rather than simply fight for it.Ernest Hemingway
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over.
Ernest Hemingway
The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it away and the sun burns it off.
Ernest Hemingway
Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end and then have loaned it to someone who needs it. There are only certain words which are valid and similes (bring me my dictionary) are like defective ammunition (the lowest thing I can think of at this time).
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Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is. ...Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
Wars are caused by undefended wealth.
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