To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death. -Jean Anouilh

 

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.


-Jean Anouilh
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This quote is just one of 13 total Jean Anouilh quotes in our collection. Jean Anouilh is known for saying 'To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.

Jean Anouilh

Things are beautiful if you love them.

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Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.

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Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.

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Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.

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