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  • Edna Ferber Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
    Edna Ferber
    American writer (1885 - 1968)
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  • Aldous Huxley Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Bill Walsh Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.
    Bill Walsh
    American football coach (1931 - 2007)
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  • Julie Burchill Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful consequences if they do not. It pays a whole lot better than this type of compulsion, but it is no more heroic.
    Julie Burchill
    British journalist, writer
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  • Robert A. Heinlein Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
    Robert A. Heinlein
    American science fiction writer (1907 - 1988)
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  • Toni Morrison Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Bonnie Jo Campbell Writing is so wrapped up in ego, but with math one is just trying to get it right, although you're often wrong. I think math helped me become a good critic of myself, come at writing a little less personally.
    Bonnie Jo Campbell
    American writer
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  • Walter Savage Landor Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.
    Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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  • Antonio Perez Xerox did OK in moving to digital in the commercial space. They didn't do well in the consumer market, but they're not a consumer brand. They don't even know how to spell consumer.
    Antonio Perez
    Spanish statesman, secretary King Phillip II (1540 - 1611)
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  • Billy Gardell Yeah, I've done Jim Breuer's radio show a couple times, and I heard from Larry the Cable Guy when I got 'Mike & Molly,' wishing me congratulations. I'm always the last one to the party, man. But that's okay. I got there.
    Billy Gardell
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1969 - )
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  • Bruce McCulloch Yeah, we're sweet but savage, and I think a lot of Canadians are that way.
    Bruce McCulloch
    Canadian actor, comedian, writer (1961 - )
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  • Ben E. King Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Samuel Ullman Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
    Samuel Ullman
    American businessman, poet and humanitarian (1840 - 1924)
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  • Douglas Macarthur Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
    Douglas Macarthur
    American general in WO II (1880 - 1964)
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  • Barry Schwartz Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.
    Barry Schwartz
    American psychologist (1946 - )
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  • Ben Stein Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Bipasha Basu Yes, exes can be good friends, but after a certain time. Though no break-up is a good break-up, time heals everything, including broken friendships. It also depends on the kind of people they are, their mindsets and the reasons for the break ups.
    Bipasha Basu
    Indian film actress and model (1979 - )
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  • Babe Ruth Yes, he's a prick, but he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit!
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • Anne Stevenson Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Henry Rollins Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
    Henry Rollins
    American musician, actor and writer (1961 - )
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