Get up quickly-just switch on the white light of the will.

Susan Sontag

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Topic

Getting started Motivation Work

Author

Susan Sontag

Source

Journals of Susan Sontag

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Activist Philosopher Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Sontag, Susan. Journal entry. 15 Oct. 1973.

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A myth is a religion in which no-one any longer believes.

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Topic
Myth Religion

Author

James K. Feibleman
Source
Understanding Philosophy
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Feibleman, James K. "The Earliest Greek Philosophers." Understanding Philosophy: A Popular History of Ideas. Horizon Press, 1973, ch. 3.

Another quote about Work

The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Topic
Vocation Work

Author

Logan Pearsall Smith
Language
English
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Smith, Logan Pearsall. "Art and Letters." Afterthoughts. Constable & Company, 1931.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!

Horace

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Topic
Living life to the fullest Living in the moment

Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 11.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 11.