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"16 Jack London Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 12 January 1876. Died: 22 November 1916 | Novelist | Journalist | Activist |

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Atom Every Glow Magnificent
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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Ashes Atom Dust Every
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

Bone Charity Dog Hungry
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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
After Club Go Inspiration
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Days Exist Function Live
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.

Alive Beyond Cannot Complete
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Affluence means influence.

Affluence Influence Means
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San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.

Francisco Gone Memories Nothing
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

Class God His Mother
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
Cash Come Fame Without
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Cards Good Hand Holding
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Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?

Continually Darn Gear Must
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

Cannot Having Itself Nature
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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.

Acres Add Beauty Belongs
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
Interpret Life Rather Short
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Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?

Do You Know Itself Know Life
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Jack London Quotes & Sayings