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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.
compulsion kernel stories
Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something. Edward P. Jones
compulsion full information people
Fortunately, the world is full of people with information compulsion who want to tell you their stories. They want to tell you things that you don't know. They're some of the greatest allies that any writer has. Tom Wolfe
compulsion lack problem question retirement saving solve whether
The question is whether compulsion would solve the problem of a lack of saving for retirement. We don't think it will. John Cridland
compulsion death hasten health inexorable joyous joys life logical towards wish woes
The inexorable compulsion of all things is towards health or destruction, life or death, and we hasten our joys or our woes to the logical extreme. It is urgent, therefore, that we be joyous if we wish to live. James Stephens
compulsion
Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity. Albert Einstein
compulsion excessive offset theories
One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity. Rem Koolhaas
compulsion consent creep feels graduation
One can never consent to creep when one feels the compulsion to soar. Helen Keller
compulsion develop global instant intense looks people politics state
You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty. Edgar Mitchell
compulsion destroyed
Whoever is just willingly and without compulsion will not lack happiness; he will never be utterly destroyed. Aeschylus
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Do you still Kill Gerbils? Rachel Cohn
stills managers ireland
When John (Giles) was manager of Ireland, much as he loved me, he still dropped me. Eamon
stills
I am 30, but there are things about me that are still 15. Brigitte Bardot
stills surrogates supporter
I was a surrogate for Obama; I helped fundraise. I'm still a supporter. Brian J. White
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You can't stand still on one point for your entire life. David Bowie
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I still define myself by the places that I've been. Ani Difranco
stills virgins words-with-friends
I am still playing 'Words With Friends,' but on Virgin Atlantic. Alec Baldwin
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I'm still bald, I just wear a toupee. Jason Alexander
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I'm still doing something I love to do. Antonio Davis