"So we must work at our profession and not make anybody else's idleness an excuse for our own. There is no lack of readers and listeners; it is for us to produce something worth being written and heard."

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Source : Pliny (the Younger.), Betty Radice (1969). “Letters and Panegyricus [of] Pliny”, Heinemann ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press

Pliny the Younger

#Excuse Quotes #Produce Quotes #Reader Quotes

“As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scene.”

Source : Jacques Derrida (1995). “Points . .: Interviews, 1974-1994”, p.200, Stanford University Press
“Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it's how you combine them that sets you apart.”

Source : "Puck Goes Back to His (Ginger) Roots". Interview with Perry Garfinkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2012.
“There was very little art in my childhood.”
“Unfortunately, many children throughout the UK witness violence in the family home. Let's stand up for those children. Domestic violence needs to stop.”
“To be honest, Iâ€™m more concerned with living my life than writing about my life. I feel like thatâ€™s really the main thing I know now that I didnâ€™t know when I was younger â€” and that is that you have to have a life to write about one. If youâ€™re more worried about having experiences so you can write about them, I think youâ€™re kinda being ridiculous, and I think a lot of young people look at it like that.”
“I have a sense of them being Easter religions, for some reason. Christianity, of course, is a mystery religion, too, and I believe that Arthur Machen was one of those especially interested in the link between the pagan mysteries and the Christian ones. So, my experience was also a Machenesque experience.”
“You look wonderful", Jason said. "No compliments, Jason. I'm uncomfortable enough in the lingerie." "Then by all means take it off.”
“My daughter is in love with Adele. She listens to her every day. To see someone with that much passion and soul move a 9-year-old is amazing and it's magical.”

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