I’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.
JACK LONDONIf cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
More Jack London Quotes
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And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.
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Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
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Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
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To be able to forget means sanity.
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As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
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Strength is an empty shell.
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
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He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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