A Quote by Will Ferguson

Human nature, at its best, had always been based on a deep heroic restlessness, on wanting something-something else, something more, whether it be true love or a glimpse just beyond the horizon. It was the promise of happiness, not the attainment of it, that had driven the entire engine, the folly and glory of who we are.

Will Ferguson

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Will Ferguson
Canadian - Novelist
Born: October 12, 1964

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Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway

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Virginia Woolf

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Wendell Berry

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Halsey

Everything is always coming from something else. Even if you create something, it has to be inspired by something else. If you think of Apple and Steve Jobs, he had to be inspired by something that launched the ideas in his head.

Gza

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Frederick Lenz

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Jimmy Butler

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Steven C. Hayes

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Jiddu Krishnamurti

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