"I try to do as little as possible without looking like an idiot. Research is fun and easy. Writing is hard. So I try not to let the research become an excuse to not do the writing part."

-- Zachary Lazar

#Fun Quotes #Writing Quotes #Trying Quotes

“In the gospels the very first step a man must take is an act which radically affects his whole existence.”
“By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance.”
“This has been, all in all, a memorable day. If my luck holds out, I should get hit by a truck on my way home.”
“As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.”
“Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.”

Source : Entering the world (M. Odent)
“Boys are still led to believe that power is associated with domination.”
“A fight forms a powerful and strange bond between men.”

Source : Matthew Polly (2011). “Tapped Out: Rear Naked Chokes, the Octagon, and the Last Emperor: An Odyssey in Mixed Martia l Arts”, p.203, Penguin
“Certainly on the vast windy plain, there was plenty of nothing to be looked at.”

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