"I spent almost two years working on this book ['March'] before we ever had a publisher, before we ever had a title. And when you're reading it, and you're writing it, and you're ingesting it, sometimes a single word just comes up over and over and over again. And if you're trying to capture the essence of what it is you're trying to tell, you don't have a whole lot of space."

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Source : Source: www.salon.com

Andrew Aydin

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes

“When we do what we have to do we are compliant.Â When we do what we choose to do we are committed.”

Source : Marshall Goldsmith (2010). “What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How successful people become even more successful”, p.23, Profile Books
“I like cookies, any cookie you put in front of me - animal cookies, sugar cookies, anything crunchy.”
“I don't think I will ever be able to forgive myself for what I have done”
“My goal, for almost my entire career, has been to promote ski racing not just in America, but across the world. I think it's an amazing sport. I am happy to be an ambassador for the next Olympics and I will do my best to honour the Olympics spirit and to hopefully encourage kids to participate in sports, especially in Asia and Korea and I am looking forward to an amazing Olympics.”
“If there's no connection between the tactic and the result you're trying to achieve, and if in the process you can damage other people who are in fact innocent in the whole situation, I think you ought to re-examine whether what you're doing makes sense.”

Source : Source: openvault.wgbh.org
“Many trees planted around a home reduce the need for air conditioning.”
“You have to be more disciplined every day to get better and learn the game.”
“But the Bible says, even though we may blow it every day, God's mercy is fresh for us every morning.”

Source : Kathie Lee Gifford, Jim Jerome (1993). “I Can't Believe I Said That!: An Autobiography”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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