"I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden."

-- Leo Ornstein

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Burden Quotes

“My story is really an affirmation of my strength and my luck. To live with a great artist like Ted Hughes or Mick Jagger is a very, very destructive role for a woman trying to be herself. In fact, it can't be done.”
“...based on something called a 'ping,' where you literally ping a cell phone using an electronic signal that then reflects the location of where that cell phone is.”

Source : "Police Suspect Man Imported 'Sex Slave'" by Lucy Yang, abcnews.go.com. September 21, 2005.
“International Literacy Day is an occasion to celebrate the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies everywhere”
“Some of the ideas are kind of inspired by the songs, and I always want to use music to tell the story and give the movie a certain kind of mood. That's always essential to me.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. February 10, 1999.
“Once I have a vision of something I want to accomplish, I tend to slog doggedly toward my goal until I achieve it; this is a skill from my youth.”
“Vanity is the poison of agreeableness; yet as poison, when artfully and properly applied, has a salutary effect in medicine, so has vanity in the commerce and society of the world.”
“Keep your heart with a chaste mind”
“Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina”

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