"I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining."

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Source : Interview with Joe Tangari, pitchfork.com. October 1, 2007.

Iron & Wine

#Writing Quotes #Way Quotes #Explaining Quotes

“To be sure, not all moments are equally fleeting. Some moments last longer than others. And certain events do reoccur more than once and even recur repeatedly. Sometimes you do get more than one chance. Sometimes you don't. It helps to know how long a window of opportunity you have and if you'll get another chance.”
“Itâ€™s a very weird thing being a photographer.”
“When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong - or you are absolutely right.”
“There is no excellence anywhere without labor. We would think a man foolish indeed who would say, "I am willing that my business should prosper, or that my farm should yield plentifully, but I'll not stir a peg." But he is no more foolish than the man who says, "I am willing that God should bless me abundantly, but I shall not do anything toward that end myself." We must consistently rely upon the help of the Lord, but we will not make any progress or meet with any success unless we put forth an earnest effort.”
“In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities, equipment and supplies, that are going to be built into our society, and we are going to spend a lot of money on it.”
“Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.”
“Well, you know, certain - for one reason, I think that the intervention process is a good process for most people, but for me, it just looked like a bunch of my friends trying to get back at me and sit around taking jabs at me, you know, when I couldn't defend myself.”
“God's wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable.”

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