InspirationalSarah Ban Breathnach The authentic self is the soul made visible. – Sarah Ban Breathnach Authentic Quotes Inspirational Quotes Soul Quotes Visible Quotes Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that wasn’t encouraged so much, but my parents encouraged that, and it has made me part of who I am. Roosevelt’s declaration that Americans had ‘nothing to fear but fear itself’ was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong.
Joaquim Barbosa I have some role models. In Brazil, they are mostly writers. A writer named Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto is my favorite. Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis is also a very important figure for me. – Joaquim Barbosa
Manuel Puig It’s essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied. – Manuel Puig
Ken Liu I’ve been writing long enough to know that fiction, as a rhetorical mode, works very differently from expository writing. If an author has a specific critique about contemporary society in mind, fiction tends not to be the best means to deliver that critique. – Ken Liu
Juan Mata For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It’s about making the right decision every time you have the ball. – Juan Mata
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