"In undergraduate classes, I often see writers who are still simply imitating. I mean, we all imitate - that's how we learn to speak or write in the first place - but they're writing a Dean Koontz novel or something."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Leni Zumas

#Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes #Class Quotes

“The biggest family in the world is my fans.”
“My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.”
“The early Christians' opponents all accepted that Jesus existed, taught, had disciples, worked miracles, and was put to death on a Roman cross. As in our day, debate and disagreement centred largely not on the story but on the significance of Jesus. Today nearly all historians, whether Christians or not, accept that Jesus existed and that the gospels contain plenty of valuable evidence which has to be weighed and assessed critically.”

Source : Graham Stanton (2002). “The Gospels and Jesus”, p.145, Oxford University Press
“The American people and American businesses are looking to the federal government to lead our nation on the path to economic recovery. It is time to stop splitting hairs. It is time to act.”
“I'm not much of a crier but it is mildly soul-destroying and exposing to do something physical that you are terrible at in front of other people.”
“It breaks my heart to find myself within the cesspool of reality TV shows.”
“There is the refusal of style and the refusal of sentimentalism, there is this desire for clarity.”
“Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email.”

Source : "What Is a Social Business App, Anyway? And Why Is the Market Booming?" by Ryan Holmes, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 7, 2012.

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