Ernest Hemingway
new day lucky exact ready
"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 Hemingway (1899-1961)
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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
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“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
trust
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
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“All thinking men are atheists.”
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
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“Never confuse movement with action.”
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
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“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
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“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
courage grace
"Courage is grace under pressure"
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
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"Write drunk; edit sober."
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
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"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists."
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
gradually suddenly
“Gradually and then suddenly.”
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
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“…that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”
— Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)