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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.
lectures heard
My lectures are published and not published; they will be intelligible to those who heard them, and to none beside. Aristotle
lectures quarrel
I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness. Os Guinness
lectures needs life-is
I've seen enough killing in my life. I know how precious human life is and I don't need a lecture from you. John McCain
lectures habit professors
Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture. Hal Boyle
lectures nature
The nature of fiction is to make one distrustful of any character who lectures and castigates.
lectures looks audience
When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read. Sinclair Lewis
lectures physics teach
Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach. Michael Faraday
lectures distinguished valet
I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. Witold Gombrowicz
lectures essentials watches
A watch is the most essential part of a lecture. Willa Cather
silent-films play actors
I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film. Catherine Deneuve
silent responsible
Those who remain silent are responsible. Edith Stein
silent mediocre speakers
To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good. Alexis de Tocqueville
silent diplomacy
I observe and remain silent. Elizabeth I
silent true-self witness
Become aware of the silent witness that is observing the unfolding of all the external events of your life. This eternal presence is your true Self. Deepak Chopra
silent partners enterprise
God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises. Abraham Lincoln
silent silent-treatment treatment
Ooh, the silent treatment. Ally Carter
silent holy passive
We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God's Word and our holy faith. Abraham Kuyper
silent should
That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus) William Shakespeare