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Anne Lamott quote: "The writer's job is to turn the unspeakable into words - not..."

The writer's job is to turn the unspeakable into words - not just any words, but, if you can, into rhythm and blues.

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I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. Carol Leifer
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Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad. Kurtwood Smith
I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress. Peter Stone
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Ayn Rand quote: "I do not wish to work in a world that regards me as a slave."
I do not wish to work in a world that regards me as a slave. Ayn Rand
Doom is nigh. I am in acute distress, desperately trying to coax sleep, opening my eyes every few seconds to check their faded gleam, and imagining paradise as a place where a sleepless neighbor reads an endless book by the light of an eternal candle. Vladimir Nabokov
Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate. Dean Koontz
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However, I began composing as soon as I started taking piano lessons. Gyorgy Legeti
The endorsement process is an evolution. What you try to do is you endorse someone that you believe in and their ideas and their solutions align with yours. Herman Cain
Charles Goodyear quote: "A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps."
A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps. Charles Goodyear
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ray Bradbury
The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important social, scientific and psychological role in preparing its young citizens for the challenging task of being Israelis in a difficult world. Alan Dershowitz
I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it. Wallis Simpson
Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace. Natan Sharansky
Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people. John Selden