"All you can write is what you see."

--

Woody Guthrie

#Writing Quotes

“This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.”
“There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.”

Source : Marva Collins, Civia Tamarkin (1984). “Marva Collins Way”, Tarcher
“We who hold his (Wolfe Tone) principles believe that any movement which would successfully grapple with the problem of national freedom must draw its inspiration not from the mouldering records of the past, but from the glowing hopes of the living present, the vast possibilities of the mighty future.”
“I never imagined that so many days would ultimately make such a small life.”
“Men are strange about politics. I have been around the world twice and I know politicians from many cultures. They are all alike. As long as they find themselves in the middle of it, they say they are sorry that all their time is taken up by politics. But as soon as they have lost and are out - oh, how terrible for them!”
“The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.”
“You know, I was the class clown in Catholic school, but I never thought I would make a living out of it!”
“I hate climbers like Royal Robbins who are so superior. He doesnâ€™t mean to be, he just is. Heâ€™s methodic, scientific, capable, and so competent it makes me envious. I was climbing with some hotshot Brit in Yosemite once, and he said, â€˜My God, Harding, you canâ€™t do anything!â€™ I said, â€˜I know, but I can do it forever.â€™”

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