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«There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.»
«To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.»
«So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.»
«The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.»
«The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.»
«Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,Dreaming in the joys of night;Sleep, sleep; in thy sleepLittle sorrows sit and weep.»
«Sit in reverie, and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind»
«The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.»
«To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection.»
«The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.»

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