"I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that's timeless."

Endurance, Years

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"I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that's timeless."

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"The affliction in the flesh of soul is temporal compare to the eternal glory of the spirit."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Endurance, Affliction, Soul, Glory

"A certain readiness to perish is not so very rare, but it is seldom that you meet men whose souls, steeled in the impenetrable armour of resolution, are ready to fight a losing battle to the last, the desire of peace waxes stronger as hope declines, till at last it conquers the very desire of life. Which of us here has not observed this, or maybe experienced something of that feeling in his own person - this extreme weariness of emotions, the vanity of effort, the yearning for rest?"

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

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"And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Endurance, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Regret

"A life lived well, or poorly, uses our resources to such an extent that it can weaken many areas which were once strong. Simply from wear and tear, we may tire and need to be re-fortified. Seek ways to re-strengthen so that you may perform at higher levels and increase your endurance to enjoy a life you love."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"A stone, no matter how small, resists the wind."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Endurance, Resilience, Persistence, Nature, Determination

"Sometimes God's way of answering prayer is not by removing the pressure, but by increasing your strength to bear it."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Endurance, Prayer, Strength, Faith

"We wait for the rains to cease, the clouds to part, and the sun to shine before saying life is good. Ironically, it is because we endure the storms that life seems so wonderfully bright at their passing."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Endurance, Life, Inspirational, Truth, Hope

"Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Endurance, Duty, Fate, Strength

"Be willing to pass through a short term pain so that you can come out with a long term gain. Don't fear the horrible waves of the waters, just dare to cross and you get there!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Endurance, Pain, Gain, Challenge, Success

"Living the rest of my life in Kerobokan, waiting to die, was what I had in front of me."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

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"Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery."

Mystery

"Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage."

Audience

"Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years."

Power

"You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world."

Experience

"Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority."

Leadership

"I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives."

Life

"At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life."

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"The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations."

Beauty

"I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why."

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"As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life."

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