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The Task
«I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does not, in the current meaning of the word, invent it, but, since it exists already in each one of us, interprets it. The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter.»
Author: Marcel Proust
(Author, Novelist)
| About:
Books,
Writing
| Keywords:
current, express, impressions, interpreter, interprets, invent, One of Us, perceived, The Current, The Task, The Word, writer
«Classic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. ROLLING IN THE MUCK IS NOT THE BEST WAY OF GETTING CLEAN.»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
| Keywords:
address, agreed, amended, amending, amends, badly, behaved, behave yourself, behaving, brood, brooded, broods, classic, moralist, moralists, most undesirable, muck, mucked, muck about, no-account, remorse, repent, rolling, sentiment, The Task, undesirable, wrongdoing, wrongdoings
«A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.»
«It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.»
Author: Robert Francis Kennedy
| About:
Future
| Keywords:
activity, arena, bodies, clearly, commit, human activity, shaped, The Task
«I am convinced that nothing will happen to me, for I know the greatness of the task for which Providence has chosen me»
«By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task overwhelm me»
Author: Ashleigh Brilliant
(Author, Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
every day, gradually, Just a, overwhelm, task, The Task
«Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.»
Author: Anatole France
(Writer)
| Keywords:
believers, constructing, devout, illnesses, safeguarded, spares, The Task
«A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked?»
Author: Anais Nin
(Author)
| Keywords:
accompanied, bird, coffee, fire escape, flutter, fluttered, fluttering, flutters, leaf, rays, settled, supported, the fire, The Task, This Morning, walked
«Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.»
Author: Marcus Aurelius
| About:
Potential
| Keywords:
compass, province, Provinces of, Province of, The Task, unequal, unequal to
