Frank Arthur Swinnerton quotes
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“When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved.”
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“No man can be satisfied with his attainment, although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.”
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“We would rather be in the company of somebody we like than in the company of the most superior being of our acquaintance.”
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“The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does not aim at all is to be found everywhere.”
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“To be agreeable, all that is necessary is to take an interest in other persons and in other things, to recognize that other people as a rule are much like one's self, and thankfully to admit that diversity is a glorious feature of life.”
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“The wisest man I have ever known once said to me: 'Nine out of every ten people improve on acquaintance,' and I have found his words true.”
-- Frank Arthur Swinnerton
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Source : A. E. Hotchner (2010). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, p.11, Harper Collins
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“May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.”
Source : Abraham Cowley, A. R. Waller (2014). “Poems”, p.88, Cambridge University Press
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“Go to the meadows, go to the garden, go to the woods. Open your eyes!”
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“What we have done in the past is not sufficient now to prepare our youth.”
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Source : "Aasif Mandvi talks about acting, comedy and Middle Eastern Corresponding". IFC Interview, www.ifc.com. November 02, 2011.
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