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Able Quotes - Page 89

The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.

Joyce Carol Oates (1998). “The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque”, E P Dutton

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

"Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.

It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.

Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan (1812). “The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift...”, p.169

I'm really so singular, I am only able to work on one thing at a time. I really am.

"Interview: Jonathan Glazer Talks The Guerilla Shoot Of His Bold ‘Under The Skin’ Starring Scarlett Johansson". Interview with Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. September 12, 2013.

Success tended to make the unorthodox acceptable

John Flanagan (2011). “The Siege of Macindaw (Ranger's Apprentice Book 6)”, p.307, Random House

You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world.

"Jim Carrey In Commencement Speech: ‘Choose Love’ And ‘Do Beautiful Things’". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2014.

The gift of my childhood was laughter, being able to find the humor.

Interview with Kristin Hahn, www.elle.com. August 4, 2009.

If you decide that you're going to do only the things you know are going to work, you're going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.

"Reading the E-Leaves With Amazon's Bezos". Interview with Kevin Maney, www.wired.com. May 24, 2008.

I do everything I think possible or acceptable to escape from this trap.

Jacques Derrida (1995). “Points . .: Interviews, 1974-1994”, p.115, Stanford University Press