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Richard Ford Quotes

The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the better.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: February 16, 1944

Topics

Life Art Past Better Loss You

I was a journalist, but I was starving. And I've written fiction, but I couldn't get a publisher. So, I was basically a very frustrated creative person working in advertising, and even there, I have a great idea that client won't buy it.

Jeffrey Zeldman

Great Creative Advertising Person

And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway.

Robert Rauschenberg

Life Painting Think I Think Anyway

At that time a lot of young men didn't want to go to the war and kill. This guy that I fell in love with was one of those so he escaped to Canada and I followed him.

Love Time Men War Canada Young

People look for patterns in everything. It's what keeps us sane, I suppose. I struggle to see any patterns in my life. I think I can understand depression a bit because of my sister. My own feelings of... I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.

Life Depression Struggle Sister Look

I feel like my only safety is in being totally true to myself.

Myself Safety Feel True I Feel Like

Very gifted people, they win and they win, and they are told that they win because they are a winner. That seems like a positive thing to tell children, but ultimately, what that means is when they lose, it must make them a loser.

Joshua Waitzkin

Positive Children People Win Winner

I just always wear bows. I always love bows, and it's always been my thing.

Love Always Wear Been Just Thing

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

Christopher Marlowe

Ride King Brave Triumph Through

I don't have to have a man in my life, and I think men are attracted to that.

Life Men Man Think My Life I Think

Competition brings out the best.

Best Competition Out Brings

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

Voice Oppressor Perfectionism

It's weird to have leisure - to have time off. I'm not used to it.

Time Weird Leisure Used Off

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