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The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemmingway
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“Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”

-Ernest Hemmingway, The Old Man and the Sea
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tags inspirational, luck

“But man is not made for defeat… A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

-Ernest Hemmingway, The Old Man and the Sea
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tags death, people

“Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so.”

-Ernest Hemmingway, The Old Man and the Sea
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“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is.”

-Ernest Hemmingway, The Old Man and the Sea
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“Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?”

-Ernest Hemmingway, The Old Man and the Sea
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tags life

“If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.”

-Ernest Hemmingway, The Old Man and the Sea
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“Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?”

-Ernest Hemmingway, The Old Man and the Sea
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“Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?”

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah
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tags politics, religion

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