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“There is a limited supply of excellent songs, but I am not the only one. Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years. Rock musicians over 30 only produce unimportant material.”
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“That's it. With equal parts regret and relief, the Jane's Addiction experiment is at an end.”
Source : Eric Avery @ericavery, twitter.com. March 1, 2010. 
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“I was definitely never a crowd pleaser.”
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“I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can't be satisfied with the colossal job of merely living. Oh, no, I must order life in sonnets and sestinas and provide a verbal reflector for my 60-watt lighted head.”
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“The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour.”
Source : "The Power of Two: Bonus Outtakes From WD Interview With Lincoln Child & Douglas Preston". Interview with Brian A. Klems, www.writersdigest.com. January 12, 2012.
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“As with any other great force of nature, there is both glory and danger in the stories we tell ourselves. Some are toxic and keep our problems festering. Others are tonic and bring us beyond the limitations of our previous history. To be in a life of our own definition, we must be able to discover which stories we are following and determine which ones help us grow the most interesting possibilities.”
Source : Dawna Markova (2000). “I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose”, Conari Press
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“Among them, there were Muslims, Christians, and Jews living together. But then violent organizations came, bringing with them many large groups of people from various parts of the world to Palestine.”
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“Brave thoughts, but am I ready to follow through on them?”
Source : Marie Lu (2013). “The Legend Trilogy Collection”, p.181, Penguin
