"Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind. Rather think of it as an opportunity to improve something you already love."

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Source : Marion Dane Bauer (1996). “Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors”, p.165, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Marion Dane Bauer

#Thinking Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Mind Quotes

“A great deal of what many Americans hold dear is nowhere written on those four pages of parchment, or in any of the amendments. What has made the Constitution durable is the same as what makes it demanding: the fact that so much was left out.”

Source : "The Commandments" by Jill Lepore, www.newyorker.com. January 17, 2011.
“And since Iâ€™m going to be in the neighborhood, you thought I might do as an escort? To an orgy?”
“Well, speaking as a feminist, I'm glad that women can lead--uh, groups of unspeakable magical evil." "Yes," Alan said gravely. "It'd be shoking if the evil magicians were sexist. For one thing, that would mean they were stupid, and having stupid enemies would be a terrible blow to my manly pride.”
“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”
“Some estimate Hulu IPO could bring in $2 billion. What will the content providers get? Zero. What is Hulu without content? An empty jukebox.”
“Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.”
“As I say so often, â€œObserve and wait.â€ Sometimes you may even find out that what you believed the infant wanted was only your assumption. It is natural to make mistakes and easy to misunderstand pre-verbal children. Nevertheless, it is important to keep trying”
“A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.”

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