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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.
tables sandpaper method
Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair. If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table. Alan Cooper
tables actors intuitive
I'm not one of those actors who sits around the table and intellectualizing anything, or discusses much of anything. Everything for me is intuitive and instinctive. Chris Bauer
tables uniforms t-shirt
My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs. Caio Fonseca
tables welcome dishes
A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish. William Shakespeare
tables levels multiplication
Keep computations to the lowest level of the multiplication table. David Hilbert
tables-and-chairs comedian brain
I'm not saying being a comedian is brain surgery, but it is definitely - it's like being a carpenter. You learn how to make tables and chairs. You have to have the right tools, and you have to know how to put the thing together, right? Denis Leary
tables dinner poor
Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table. Diana Vreeland
tables parks taverns
I waited tables at Govnr's Park Tavern in Denver. Dana Perino
tables menus ifs
If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu. Elizabeth Warren
fame phenomenal being-famous
I love being famous - it's phenomenal. Dave Chappelle
fame horrible being-famous
Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.
fame convenient being-famous
I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not. Catherine Deneuve
fame halls hall-of-fame
You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp. Casey Stengel
fame
Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek. Aidan Quinn
fame
I would like to be famous but unknown. Edgar Degas
fame
I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame. Elizabeth Kostova
fame hall high percent picks
When you say 47 percent out of the first 10 picks made the Hall of Fame, that's a high percentage. Gil Brandt
fame mankind labor
No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. Charles Sumner