"I don't have a schedule, but I can write for hours non-stop. If I'm drafting a book, I try and do a chapter a day. I dislike first drafts. Revision is a lot more fun, but it takes years."

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Sefi Atta

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“In many ways, the idea of resilience is a more useful concept than the idea of sustainability.”
“I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.”
“I must admit that outside the university, it is difficult to be a pure mathematician. No one in my family understands what I do. My neighbors wonder why I spend all my time in my study scribbling with pencil on a yellow pad of paper instead of going outside to mow the lawn.”
“As his body became more and more defenseless, so his means of offense became steadily more frightful.”
“I don't know every step I'm supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.”
“You've got to connect with the things that you love.”
“I'm choosing to suffer less. To put myself and my family through less pain.”
“When one hears the word meditation, it conjures an image of Maharishi Yoga talking about finding a mantra and striving for nirvana. The purpose of such meditation is to empty oneself. [Satan] is happy to invade the empty vacuum of your soul and possess it. That is why people serve Satan without ever knowing it or deciding to, but no one can be a child of God without making a decision to surrender to him. Beware of systems of spirituality which tell you to empty yourself. You will end up filled with something you probably do not want,”

Source : "Ten Commandments To An Extraordinary Life: Making Your Dreams Come True". Book by E.W. Jackson, 2008.

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