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writing order should-have
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. C. S. Lewis
writing description delightful
Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description.
writing youth access
I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness. Catullus
writing guitar eight
So, once I get writing I really try and put five to eight hours a day in my room with a guitar to really try and come up with stuff that feels interesting enough to me to keep it. Catie Curtis
writing solitude needs
I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.
writing people stories
I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing. Cecelia Ahern
writing creative feelings
I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative than typing, and it's a more visual process for me - I can picture the entire scene in my head and am merely writing what I see.
writing mystery
I would love to write a mystery - a romantic, funny mystery.
writing night space
I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.
thinking differences laughing
We are the only creatures that both laugh and weep. I think it's because we are the only creatures that see the difference between the way things are and the way they might be. Robert Fulghum
thinking knows ifs
You won't learn if you think you already know everything. Robert Kiyosaki
thinking use emotion
Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions
thinking important important-things
What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself ...
thinking people world
...Stop blaming me, thinking I'm the problem. If you think I'm the problem, then you have to change me. If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Most people want everyone else in the world to change themselves. Let me tell you, it's easier to change yourself than everyone else.
thinking class people
Rich people acquire assets. The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets,
thinking might acquisition
I think the acquisition of consumers might be on the verge of being mapped. The battlefield is going to be retention and lifetime value. Gary Vaynerchuk
thinking long heaven
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame. Petrarch
thinking want sake
For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs? Lisa Kleypas
played
I played golf with my friends, and then I started to play with the hustlers. And I learned a lot. I learned about golf; I learned about gambling. I learned about everything. Donald Trump
played
I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.' Zlatan Ibrahimovic
played
I played more performances of 'Chris' in 'Miss Saigon' than anyone else. Will Chase
played school trombone
I played trombone for 10 minutes, and then I was in an accordion band in school for even less. Colm Meaney
playing
When you're performing, you're playing to the back row. With acting, you have to be more nuanced. Bill Hader
player hands games
I'm quite certain that if the rest of the world vanished overnight and the development of cricket were left in Australian hands, within a generation, the players would be wearing shorts and using the bats to hit each other, and the thing is, it'd be a much better game for it. Bill Bryson
player england blame
Unfortunately apparently I am to blame because I don't produce enough English players. Arsene Wenger
player sometimes foul
Sometimes I see it [a foul by an Arsenal player], but I say that I didn’t see it to protect the players and because I could not find any rational explanation for what they did.
player house fundamentals
You build a player like you build a house. You start with the foundations. The fundamentals.