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writing hair fire
Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing something and tearing it up... Charles Dickens
writing numbers gold
Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither. Charles Caleb Colton
writing language nonsense
It is curious that some learned dunces, because they can write nonsense in languages that are dead, should despise those that talk sense in languages that are living.
writing men profound
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
writing faces privacy
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
writing men three
There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.
writing should-have fire
We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire.
writing self hints
The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write, when they themselves are the theme, ought to serve as a hint to author's that self is a subject they ought very rarely to descant upon.
writing two style
When I meet with any persons who write obscurely or converse confusedly, I am apt to suspect two things; first, that such persons do not understand themselves; and secondly, that they are not worthy of being understood by others.
habit reconcile
Habit will reconcile us to everything but change
habit could-have-been has-beens
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be. Alan Paton
habit circumstances
Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances. Bryan Adams
habit paint
Paint something every day. David Hockney
habit reacting interest
Very often, human beings are living like on autopilot, reacting automatically with what happens. What interests me about the life of an explorer is you are in the unknown; you are out of your habits. Bertrand Piccard
habit duty
The habit of doing one's duty drives away fear. Charles Baudelaire
habit resolve poor-richard
He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now. Benjamin Franklin
habit not-afraid
Fear is a habit; I am not afraid. Aung San Suu Kyi
habitat pageant evolve
Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere. Diane Ackerman
given no-hope pledge
God has given no pledge which He will not redeem, and encouraged no hope which He will not fulfill. Charles Spurgeon
given guy guys perception
The perception now is that (Woods) is still the guy to beat. But I don't think guys think it's a given that he's going to win. Lee Janzen
given park rules
We've already given them an extension. It's really simple: The rules of the park have to be followed. Sharon Stewart
given life lived name people talk tony
I hate it when people talk about Tony Curtis and say: 'His real name was Bernie Schwartz... ' That was just the name that he was given at birth. It's not the person he lived his life with, and became. Nicolas Roeg
given movies sad
A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity.
given relevant considering
I have given up considering happiness as relevant. Edward Gorey
given hoard wealth
Wealth that you hoard is not yours; wealth that you have given is really yours. Sathya Baba
given heck love sharks shocked
What the Sharks did, it shocked the heck out of me. We've always been rivals, but I think they know how much I love this game, and how much I've given to it. Luc Robitaille
given
We have assumed control where once we worked with what we were given. Bill McKibben