Aristotle
(-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
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“The Forever Trees”, p. 327 (quoting a Zen saying)
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“Don't just do something, stand there.”
Clint Eastwood
(1930) actor and director from the United States
Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.
In the first part, Eastwood was reportedly quoting a favored instruction from acting coach Jack Kosslyn.
Source: Clint: The Life and Legend (1999), p. 112.
“All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.”
Jimi Hendrix
(1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter
“Never do anything for anyone who can just as well do it themself”
Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“I never do fairy tale people, I do people just as they are.”
Jack Kirby
(1917–1994) American comic book artist, writer and editor
“1993: Jack Kirby: The Hardest Working Man in Comics by Steve Pastis” https://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/effect/category/interview/, Happening Magazine, (1993) by Steve Pastin; as quoted by Rand Hoppe, The Kirby Effect The Journal of the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center, (28 April 2018).
1993
“I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.”
Colin Singleton, p. 94
An Abundance of Katherines (2006)
Source: The Truth About Forever