W Quotes
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“When they whispered to each other that I was a nobody, I had to show them l was one of The greatest.
-MillYentei”
“When they wish to be top dogs and become the heartbeat of all attention, some appear to be missing grit and find themselves relentlessly out of steam. Since the philosophy of their living seems to restrict itself to ‘enjoying wanting’ and keeping everything on a wish list, their life, eventually, remains mere wishful thinking. ( "Feeling like a fallen star" )”
“When they woke the next morning, the fire had gone out and the Liddle was gone, but he’d left a sausage for them, and a dozen oatcakes folded up neatly in a green and white cloth. Some of the cakes had pinenuts baked in them and some had blackberries. Bran ate one of each, and still did not know which sort he liked the best. One day there would be Starks in Winterfell again, he told himself, and then he'd send for the Liddles and pay them back a hundredfold for every nut and berry.”
Source: A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
“When they would spar, Calic held nothing back, as if he possessed a deep rage clawing for release. He demonstrated a ferocity Sebastian had never seen the likes of. Sebastian had the same rage bubbling inside him. However, he was able to hone it differently by focusing on the survival of his crew”
Source: Demon Possession
“When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked out about accusations that have gone back and forth and that's just mean. It's a tactic.”
“When they write my obituary. Tomorrow. Or the next day. It will say, Leo Gursky is survived by an apartment full of shit”
Source: The History of Love
“When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote.”
“When they'd been on the run, with death maybe lying in wait around any corner, they had never been more alive. When each day might be your last, it made a big difference. You couldn't maintain that state forever, of course; the stress would eat you alive, but putting yourself at risk did bring out your best-or your worst”
“When they're born outside, crows come and pluck their eyes out.”
“When they're gone out of his head, these words, they'll be gone, everywhere, forever. As if they had never been.”
Source: Oryx And Crake
“When they're good, I like working with new actors.”
“When they're looking at my work, they're looking at a painting and they're able to accept it better because it is also a quilt.”
“When they're people who are your fans, you know, 'cause they really feel what you're singing, that's my favorite”
“When they're standing right in front of you, kings are a kind of speech impediment.”
“When they've shut down, you get more nervous. They react to that, and it's just this hideous shame spiral. Although sometimes that can be some good train-wreck TV. That's another reason it's definitely difficult - when you are just not connecting, and it's there for the world to see.”
“When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years, then they expect you to pick a career.”
“When thier god and his exploiters cease to be adored and served, we shall live like comrades in mutual affection.”
“When thieves come, I bark; when gallants, I am still - So perform both my master's and mistress's will.”
Source: The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 4 (Part II): The Friend
“When thing are at it's worse you dig deep and finish your mission or be carried out on your shield.”
“When things [writing] are over, I always think, 'well, I'm never going to do anything again because I have no ideas so I'm going to go be a farmer'. Or else ideas will come and and if not then I become a farmer. Hopefully won't happen.”
“When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.”
“When things are at their worst, I find something always happens.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
“When things are bad, be thankful...they are not as bad as they could be.”
“When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself.”
“When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.”
“When things are baffling they usually don't unbaffle themselves.There's just, you know, a certain amount of baffling stuff that always, like, really baffles you, and I've found that it's best to accept bafflement whenever it comes along, and then move on.”
“When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.”
Source: Every Day a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week
“When things are digital, they're all 1's and zero's, and so they commingle in ways we didn't anticipate and you could do things that were not like publishing or television, or computers, but were some intersection of those and that got known to be convergence, so between the switching, or trading of places and the convergence, you have today's media.”
“When things are easy, I hate it.”
“When things are exceptionally hard, there is a reason why they’re hard; and it’s usually because they’re not meant to be and we’re not listening.”
“When things are falling apart, know they are actually falling into place.”
“When things are found great
Pray
When things are wonderful
Pray
When you are enjoying life
Pray
When you are at your lowest
Pray
When you feel alone
Pray
When you feel like all the doors are closing on you
Pray
At every moment and every success or downfall
Pray
Just pray with faith
The Almighty will definitely make a way
And if you are praying in good times
He would definitely bless you
So pray always
And never take your problems to anyone besides the Almighty
Speak to him first
Before speaking to anyone else.”
“When things are going awry, it's time to put the blinders on and do your job. Just do your job. Don't worry about the other guy, don't worry about the wins and losses, just worry about what the very next play is.”
“When things are going good they just keep going good.”
“when things are going too well, don’t be foolish enough to trust that it’ll continue that way, because some shit will inevitably go down very soon and BOOM, there it is, The Fuckening!”
Source: Steel Dogs
“When things are going well, New Yorkers complain, when things are going badly, New Yorkers complain, and when things are fucked up beyond all reason, New Yorkers shut up and do whatever needs to be done.”
“When things are going well, they’ll go yeah, corporate jobs and software jobs are great! The financial growth, benefits, perks and the workspaces are the best! And when layoffs happen, the tables are turned. Instead, now they say, why become a consultant, you should have chosen a more ‘ever-green’ job.”
Source: Freshly Laidoff
“When things are going well, be mindful of adversityWhen prosperous, be mindful of povertyWhen loved, be mindful of thoughtfulnessWhen respected, be mindful of humility”
“When things are going well, I can't write fast enough to keep up with my mind. Writing walks, speech runs and talk flies. Other times, though, it's like fishing.”
“When things are going well, I hate to quit.”
“When things are going well, I like to have people to share it with. I've been alone in troubled times, and I don't mind that. Some things have to be endured alone. As Hemingway said, the human being is strong in all the broken places.”
“When things are going well, something will go wrong. / When things just can't get any worse, they will. / Anytime things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.”
“When things are going well, you do have the sense that what you’re writing is being fed to you in some way. Auden compared writing a poem to cleaning an old piece of slate until the letters appear. The only way you could reveal your god is perhaps under hypnosis. It’s sacred and it’s secret, even to the writer.”
“When things are going wrong declare constantly that you are not going to be afraid or intimidated by any outer condition.”
Source: Be Still
“When things are good, it is because we remember a time when they were not. When there was pain. But now the pain is gone, so things are ‘good’. When we hurt, it is because we recall a time when we did not. When there was no pain. But now we suffer, so things are ‘bad’. The tiger sipped from the cup, peering at the boy over the rim. Stars swirled in its eyes. “Good. Bad. The cup holds both.”
Source: The Cat's Maw
“When things are in order, if the cause of the orderliness cannot be deduced from the motion of the elements or from the composition of matter, it is quite possibly a cause possessing a mind.”
“When things are in the hands of the state they are in a hell of a state!”
“When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world.”
Source: The wisdom of Confucius
“When things are like hunky dory, every enemy comes in the name of friend, but when things are twisted like turmoil, every friendly enemy shows you their colour.”
“When things are meant to come together, they come together.”