Joseph Joubert Quote: 'Genius begins great works; labor alone ...' @FEELquotes

The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process.

Mary McCarthy

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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

John Berger

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No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.

Anna Pavlova

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I feel genius in great works of art. I have seen medical cures that science can't explain, some seemingly triggered by faith. The same is true of millions of other people.

Deepak Chopra

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There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not.

Michael Morpurgo

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Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.

Daniel Webster

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Everything you write makes you better. But if you really need a tip, here's one: a good story begins in opposition to its ending. That means you work out how it finishes first, and then begin the story as far away from that point - in terms of character development - as you can.

Chris Wooding

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All questions of process require an answer that begins with a very important sentence, and the sentence is: 'Everybody is different.' Whatever way of working you name - methodical, haphazard, gets up early in the morning, sleeps all day, works at night, revises immensely, never revises at all - someone has made great work with that way.

Robert Pinsky

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The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.

Stendhal

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For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what then she may discover.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

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The biblical method of change begins in the heart of man with the Gospel. It transforms the mind of man and gradually works its way out. And it builds a nation from the bottom up.

Kirk Cameron

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Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Robertson Davies

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If he wants their labor, let them go to work, without regard to politics.

Charles E. Merrill

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Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security, and prestige, it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege.

Steven Biko

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An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

Paul Valery

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I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and begins to tell you their life story, you can't say, 'Excuse me, boo,' as they're weeping on your bosom.

Iyanla Vanzant

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A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.

H. L. Mencken

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My job is to pay attention to my children's genius and allow those leanings to lead them to their future.

Lisa Whelchel

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Dad was a great advocate for social justice and a very quiet advocate of the essential Labor values.

Joan Kirner

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