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writing play important
Writing is the same as music. It’s in how you phrase it, how you hold back the note, bend it, shape it, then release it. And what you don’t play is as important as what you do say. Robert Creeley
writing people trying
Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you. Richard Paul Evans
writing thinking hands
I have never been able to write with anything more than the left hand of my mind; the right hand has always been engaged in something to do with personal relationships. I don't complain, because I think my left hand's power, as much as it has, is due to its knowledge of what my right hand is doing. Rebecca West
writing known knows
I really write to find out what I know about something and what is to be known about something.
writing editing edited
No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. Russell Lynes
writing intelligent honest
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other part of their life. Russell Banks
writing people care
And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.
writing discipline attention
If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.
writing names faces
The God we worship writes his name upon our faces. Roger Babson
people ryan telling
Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere. Don Miller
people worked
I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it. Stephen Graham
people work
I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me. Graham Elliot
people truth
I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right? Gary Sheffield
people
I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry. Sam Rockwell
people whether work
I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it. Sam Worthington
people wanna
I'm really lucky! I'm just cognisant that I wanna move forward, and people will let me or not; who knows. Thora Birch
people
People can take away your assets, but not your DNA. Simon Spurr
people smart
There are a lot of smart people out there. And they will always find a way in if there is something they want. Matthew Devost
survival steps life-is
Going back to a simpler life is not a step backwards. Yvon Chouinard
survival grew grew-up
I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so...anoraky. Bear Grylls
survival pay
Freedom is a small price to pay for survival. Catherine Fisher
survival talking
We are talking about the survival of this country. Neil Abercrombie
survival viruses depends
We really depend on viruses for our complete survival. Carl Zimmer
survival grandfather world
My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested in what was going on in the invisible world, the survival of the consciousness, precipitated paintings, mediumship, and trans-channeling. Dan Aykroyd
survival realizing
We must realize that nature is absolutely essential for our survival, and we must act on that premise now. Edward Norton
survival next steps
The next step in mans evolution will be the survival of the wisest. Deepak Chopra
survival mentor beats
When it comes to mentors, you can't beat survival. Christopher McDougall