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 We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. ... What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.  If ever Confederation fails, it will not be because Quebec - the political voice of French Canada - has separated from it. It will be because the way to keep Quebec in it has not been found. Failure is not in losing, but in no longer believing that winning is worthwhile. True love begins when nothing is looked for in return. The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it. General Grant had a simple, childlike recipe for meeting life ... "I am terribly afraid, but the other fellow is afraid, too." Assume a virtue, if you have it not. Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody. For me, writing is the only thing that passes the three tests of metier: (1) when I'm doing it, I don't feel that I should be doing something else instead; (2.) it produces a sense of accomplishment and, once in a while, pride; and (3) it's frightening. A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing. The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. Chaplin is no businessman - all he knows is that he can't take anything less. The best way to save face is keep the bottom half shut. For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? - Bible And if I loved you Wednesday, well, what is that to you? I do not love you Thursday - so much is true. I'm not much of a drinker. It only takes me one drink to get drunk . . . my fourth. In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. The lady's not for turning. Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice. 
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