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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.
advice finals actors
I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be. Alan Alda
advice looks higher-education
There's always a miasma of misinformation emerging from the higher education sector as to which are the 'best' courses to take. My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground. David Puttnam
advice partners katie
all the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear Byron Katie
advice power-of-one donkey
Never take advice from a donkey. Bryce Courtenay
advice lines want
If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors. Cary Grant
advice ask bound business deal dish great learn small viewers wondering
There are bound to be viewers wondering how she can dish out advice, ... But I think she is very ballsy and will come back. You learn very little from success, but you learn a great deal from failure. If I had a small business and wanted some advice, I would ask Rachel. Simon Woodroffe
advice advise calling care cell emergency phone regular road service strongly stuff sure taken tend
We strongly advise everyone to make sure they have a well-charged cell phone when they evacuate. But you should make sure that all the regular maintenance, all the stuff you tend to put off, is taken care of. You don't want to be calling for emergency road service during an evacuation because of a tire.
advice good ready start stressed
We stressed getting off to a good start and being ready to go, but my advice didn't go very far. Jamie Dixon
advice outsider position takes
We're in a position where we have some advice to give. We're not counselors. We do a lot of advising. Sometimes, it takes an outsider to say, 'No.
ironic indifferent hesitation
You who are on the inside, don't condemn my lack of faith too quickly; you who are on the outside, don't be too quick to mock my overcredulity; you who are indifferent, don't be too quick to wax ironic about my perpetual hesitations. Bruno Latour
ironic weapons murder
One of the most difficult and ironic murder weapons is the life jacket. Demetri Martin
ironic attention wonder
It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another. Alexandra Adornetto
ironic everyday flippant
Knee-Jerk Irony: The tendency to make flippant ironic comments as a reflexive matter of course in everyday conversation. Douglas Coupland
ironic
He's always been excruciatingly careful, which is ironic in his situation. Paul Wolfowitz
ironic last luck might win
I got some luck in the last frame, which I thought was ironic because I thought I might win then.
ironic
The univers is statistically more likely to be ironic than not, Orson Scott Card
ironic court statutes
It's highly ironic that it was the conservatives on the court who overturned so many statutes. Jonathan Turley
ironic irony underestimate
Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable. Henry James