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Ernest Gaines Quotes: I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.
         

I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.


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Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

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Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.



I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.

I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.



Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.



I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.



Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.



Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.

Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.



Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.

Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.



The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.

The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.



We all have much more in common than we have difference. I would say that about people all over the world. They don't know how much in common that they have

We all have much more in common than we have difference. I would say that about people all over the world. They don't know how much in common that they have





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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken made verbal and shared even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken made verbal and shared even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.



In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.

In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.



I'm ready and open to meeting the person that hopefully I'll share my life with. It takes a long time to get to that place.

I'm ready and open to meeting the person that hopefully I'll share my life with. It takes a long time to get to that place.



I never thought I would be impeached.

I never thought I would be impeached.



Eating wholesome foods and getting plenty of sleep is crucial for me.

Eating wholesome foods and getting plenty of sleep is crucial for me.



Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid.

Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid.



Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure.

Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure.



It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take their natural course without help or impediment, which is generally the best policy.

It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take their natural course without help or impediment, which is generally the best policy.




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