"The urge is to create. The outcome belongs to God."

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Source : Sophy Burnham (2011). “For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners”, p.112, Penguin

Sophy Burnham

#Creativity Quotes #Outcomes Quotes

“It was the custom when men received nominations to come to me for contributions, and I made them and considered them good paying investments for the company. In a Republican district I was a strong Republican; in a Democratic district I was Democratic, and in doubtful districts I was doubtful. In politics I was an Erie Railroad man all the time.”
“We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.”
“Going round and around inside a dryer can be fatal, whereas pasta is rarely fatal. Unless Isabelle makes it.”
“The United States remains the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all of our people. And yet we are spending almost twice as much per capita. We have a massively dysfunctional health care system. And I do believe in a Medicare for all single-payer system, whether a small state like Vermont can lead the nation, which I certainly hope we will, or whether it's California or some other state.”
“What the UN inspectors can do is demonstrate to the world, help the Iraqi government demonstrate to the world that the Iraqis are cooperatively disarming if that is in fact what the Iraqi government decides to do.”
“If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?”
“Our motto is, 'Be gentle and subversive.'”
“We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.”

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