"I do a lot of revising. Certain chapters six or seven times. Occasionally you can hit it right the first time. More often, you don't."

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John Dos Passos

#Writing Quotes #Six Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.”
“To look at ourselves from afar, to make the subjective suddenly objective: this gives us a psychic shock.”
“What term do you employ when you speak of your progenitor?" I answered with the term I'd always wanted to employ. "Sonovabitch." "To his face?" she asked. "I never see his face." "He wears a mask?" "In a way, yes. Of stone. Of absolute stone.”

Source : Erich Segal (1970). “Love Story”
“Stop destroying the landscape with your outfit.”

Source : "Is Rick Owens the new Karl Lagerfeld?" by Rachel Holmes, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2009.
“I think that Americans are very grateful to the Bush family for their public service.”
“We are a nation that worships speed and power. And for good reason. Without power we would still be part of England and everybody would be out of work... Bicycles are too slow and impuissant for a nation like ours. They belong in Czechoslovakia.”
“On the correctly formed pubescent girl, a Speedo looked wonderful. When it was wet, it was an incitement to riot.”
“Most people are blinded by faith leaving them unable to see the truth that is science.”

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