"I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I'm on my way to my desk, my hands actually tremble with fear. The fear, of course, is that I'll sit down at the desk and discover that what I've written is claptrap. Fear inevitably leads to procrastination."

-- Rosemary Mahoney

#Morning Quotes #Writing Quotes #Procrastination Quotes

“I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.”
“What you have despised in yourself as a thorn opens into a rose.”
“Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.”
“The positive side about dealing with the logistics of moving books around is that it's better than a gym!”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.”
“In the state of Alabama we have a significant number of illegal aliens that are leaving our state as occurred in Arizona after they got tough on illegal aliens.”

Source : "Removing Illegal Immigrants: The Key to Job Creation?". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. October 3, 2011.
“I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.”
“The butchering may continue as it will, it shall remain the historical guilt of the Western powers that they did not promptly provide the sharpest preventative measures against the continued attack-politics Germany undertook. Possibilities existed for this, but no measures were seized upon.”

Source : Diary entry, May 29, 1940.

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