"Sometimes I think of blogging as finger exercises for a violinist; sometimes I think of it as mulching a garden. It is incredibly useful and helpful to my "real" writing."

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Kate Christensen

#Real Quotes #Writing Quotes #Exercise Quotes

“The impressions of childhood are never obliterated.”
“The University of Chicago is an astounding place. It's Yeshiva, a priesthood. It gives you an education, but more than that it gives you a mission. Oh, and an arrogance. But being Canadian helps with that.”

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“If something can't be explained on the back of an envelope, it's rubbish.”
“Do not wonder why you are blessed with so much, just understand you have so much so you can help other people have as much as you.”
“You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.”

Source : Holly Lisle (1992). “Fire in the Mist”, Baen Books
“Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.”
“Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.”
“Nature did not put whales on this earth to splash kids while stuck in a pen.”

Source : "Free the killer whale" by Jane Velez-Mitchell, www.cnn.com. February 26, 2010.

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