Category: writer
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
Edgar Allan Poe
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When in doubt tell the truth.
Mark Twain
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Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they’ve had forever. And they’ve been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.
Alice Walker
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But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
Alan Watts
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Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.
Woody Allen
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Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
Aldous Huxley
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But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it’s all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can’t change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.
Stephen King
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The Bible says to ‘fear not,’ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.
Joyce Meyer
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Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.
Paulo Coelho
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Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer