Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

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Topic

Making the most

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Old Man and the Sea

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

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Another quote by Ernest Hemingway

The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

Ernest Hemingway

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Topic
Suffering The human condition

Author

Ernest Hemingway
Source
A Farewell to Arms
Medium
Novel
Genre
War novel
Language
English
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Farewell to Arms." Scribner's Magazine, May 1929 - Oct. 1929, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribners, 1995, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Another quote from the 1950s

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

Karl Barth

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Topic
Conscience

Author

Karl Barth
Language
German
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Barth, Karl. "The Righteousness of God." Das Wort Gottes und die Theologie [The Word of God and Theology]. Mchn., Kaiser, 1924. Originally a lecture called "The Righteousness of God" delivered 16 Jan. 1916 in City Church, Aarau, Switzerland.

Another quote of the following type Advice

You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you.

Fred Rogers

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Topic
Recognition Achievement Success Self-worth
Speaker
Fred Rogers
Source
2002 Dartmouth commencement address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Commencement address
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
2002 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.