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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.
talking judging mind
It has been well observed that the tongue discovers the state of the mind no less than that of the body; but in either case, before the philosopher or the physician can judge, the patient must open his mouth.
talking world human-nature
There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!
talking people realizing
People often say to me, 'I understand what you are talking about intellectually, but I don't really feel it, I don't realize it,' and I am apt to reply, 'I wonder whether you do understand it intellectually, because if you did you would also feel it.' Alan Watts
talking listening ordinary
We have somehow conned ourselves into the notion that this moment is ordinary. This now moment, in which I'm talking and you're listening, is eternity.
talking topics los-angeles
If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation. Alan Rickman
talking bored actors
What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.
talking people signing
I genuinely like the people I meet at signings or the bits of public talking that I do. Alan Moore
talking today economy
I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about. Alan Greenspan
talking way communicate
It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate. Alain Resnais
harder remember
When you tell a lie, it's always harder to remember what you said. Don Samuel
harder joyous less life major nursing themes worked
Writing, for all that it's harder than nursing ever was, is also more joyous and more fun and a lot less dangerous. And the major themes of my life have become the major themes of my writing, too - so it has all worked out pretty well. Holly Lisle
harder
Everyone is having a harder time than it appears. Charles Grodin
harder labeled page reader romantic tremendous whether written
Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I have always put tremendous effort into making each book a page turner: The harder it is for the reader to put it down, the better I've done my job. Maggie Shayne
harder matter opens takes taste work
What this is all about is getting a taste of success. It doesn't matter who you beat, once you know what it takes to win, you'll work harder and that opens up other opportunities.
harder needed normal seen strongest work
What he needed to do was to work harder than the normal person just to get back to where he needed to be. This is probably the strongest I've ever seen him. Freddy Sanchez
harder
We know Woodlands is going to be hungry. We have to come out and play harder or this will be it for us.
harder willing work
There are two kinds. The ones that have no clue, and those that are willing to work harder than scholarship athletes, and those are the ones that become very important to the team.
harder lead learn learning pitch
There are times when you have to learn to pitch with the lead. To me learning how to pitch with the lead is harder than learning how to pitch when you're behind. That's what we need to learn how to do. Joe Girardi