"I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters."

-- Robert Harris

#Writing Quotes #Heart Quotes #Stories Quotes

“It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for human beings. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.”

Source : Charles Osgood (1992). “The Osgood Files”, Fawcett
“Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.”

Source : "The Catholic Encyclopedia". Book edited by Charles George Herbermann, 1913.
“Failure is information-we label it failure, but it's more like, 'This didn't work, I'm a problem solver, and I'll try something else.'”
“And when those bombs went off, there were runners who, after finishing a marathon, kept running for another two miles to the hospital to donate blood. So, here's what I know -- these maniacs may have tried to make life bad for the people of Boston, but all they can ever do, is show just how good those people are.”
“I sometimes struggle with how to properly respond to Godâ€™s magnitude in a world bent on ignoring or merely tolerating Him.Â But know this: God will not be tolerated.Â He instructs us to worship and fear Him.”
“'Sing It Again Rod' touches all the solo bases since Stewart's departure from the Jeff Beck Band, wherein he cut his teeth on American audiences for $75 a week plus expenses, and wisely ignores his generally inferior work with the Faces.”
“Plays can create empathy. If you put a Muslim character on stage, and make him a full character, you're making it possible for the audience to feel empathy, and a little empathy on both sides would help.”
“'VERY WELL,' I SAID ANGRILY, 'START THE MAN, AND I'LL START THE SAME DAY FOR SOME OTHER NEWSPAPER AND BEAT HIM.'”

Source : Nellie Bly (2015). “The Collected Works of Nellie Bly (Annotated)”, p.103, Golgotha Press

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