"I'm disciplined about writing. I get up every day knowing I have to produce work. I'm less concerned about other aspects of the job, such as the prizes and promotions. Promoting my work can be awkward, unless I feel sociable enough. Prizes encourage me to work harder on my next project."

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Source : Source: www.percontra.net

Sefi Atta

#Jobs Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Walking on the land or digging in the fine soil I am intensely aware that time quivers slightly, changes occurring in imperceptible and minute ways, accumulating so subtly that they seem not to exist. Yet the tiny shifts in everything--cell replication, the rain of dust motes, lengthening hair, wind-pushed rocks--press inexorably on and on.”

Source : Annie Proulx (2011). “Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place”, p.190, Simon and Schuster
“When I was a kid, I loved all the silent comedians - Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin. And I used to imitate them. I'd go to see a Buster Keaton movie and come home and try things out I'd seen. I learned to do pratfalls when I was very young.”
“Consistency is a huge thing at the top. It's hard to get to a good level, but once you get to a certain level, there's people who want your place.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com
“And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.”
“I believe that we are at the point now, in the United States, where a movement is beginning to emerge.”
“We not only respect babies, we demonstrate our respect every time we interact with them. Respecting a child means treating even the youngest infant as a unique human being, not as an object”

Source : Magda Gerber (1998). “Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect”
“If I was a supervillain then I guess I'd want what all supervillains want, which is world domination. I wouldn't want anything less than all the other supervillains.”

Source : "Insane Clown Posse's Violent J on working at McDonald's and Janet Jackson's curves". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 18, 2015.
“Maybe I need some rehab, Or maybe just need some sleep”

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