And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces-spaces you know can’t ever be filled.
BETTE GREENELook inside yourself and you’ll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.
More Bette Greene Quotes
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When people’s emotions are involved they don’t want to listen.
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I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else’s business?
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I love Arkansas but I think Arkansas has its share of unlit minds.
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Maybe…in a way, this coffee reminds me of something. Maybe…maybe only a philosopher or a mad man would make this connection, but it’s a little like life. I mean it’s powerful going down and that doesn’t even take into account the aftertaste, which really takes getting used to.
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I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.
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Why is it I’m always so quick to believe that people are thinking…believing the worst about me?
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Fun, like champagne bubbles, can’t completely fill you up.
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Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.
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It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.
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Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.
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Longevity can’t be the only test of love.
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The world is not a rational place.
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Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain’t no greater love in this here world than that.
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What is genius, anyway, if it isn’t the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?
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Look inside yourself and you’ll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.
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