Ernest Hemingway: The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is som

The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and — Ernest Hemingway

The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before; and not too damned much after.

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We, on our side, are praying Him to give us victory, because we believe we are r — Abraham Lincoln
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