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More Quotes by Yaşar Kemal
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.
This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
