"I am a writer, not a transcriber."

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Source : Ivan Doig (2016). “Heart Earth: A Memoir”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

Ivan Doig

“That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb.”
“I am and always will be a leader.”

Source : "Fisher dishes on Melo, Phil and why the Knicks will learn to be ‘great’". nypost.com. October 23, 2014.
“We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq - that is, to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.”
“We the people, so to speak, need to realize that if we can keep ourselves fed, we might get through this long dark tunnel of power down, and mitigate the consequences of CO2.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“The first time I was given money to shop for myself, I was 13 and staying with my godmother in New York. I went to Clinique and bought the three-step acne programme and felt so grown-up.”

Source : "My life in shopping: Trinny Woodall". Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2008.
“The place to observe nature is where you are.”
“When I was born I owed twelve dollars.”
“The old priest Peter Gilligan Was weary night and day; For half his flock were in their beds, Or under green sods lay.”

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