[What is the definition of guts?] Grace under pressure.
Tag: Ernest Hemingway
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Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
When you have a child, the world has a hostage.
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in 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
Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.
America is the land of wide lawns and narrow minds.
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.