"Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice."

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Source : Nancy Mairs (1994). “Voice Lessons: On Becoming a (woman) Writer”, Beacon Press (MA)

Nancy Mairs

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“My colleagues have expressed confidence in my ability to articulate our conservative message and to provide new focus to our efforts in the General Assembly.”
“My best entrepreneurial advice is to start.”
“The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.”

Source : Herbert Hoover (1937*). “American ideals and the New deal ... eight addresses upon pressing national problems”
“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.”
“Let the inner god that is in each one of us speak. The temple is your body, and the priest is your heart: it is from here that every awareness must begin.”
“Dogs are like kids. Cats are like roommates.”

Source : Oliver Gaspirtz (2014). “Pet Humor!”, p.54, Westhoff Publishing
“Why is the sky blue? Why is water wet? Why did Judas rat to the Romans while Jesus slept?”
“Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.”

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