"I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food."

--

Alex Kapranos

#Writing Quotes #Authority Quotes #Critics Quotes

“One of the things I really learned from my first term is the importance of focusing. In that sense, it is a deliberate effort. What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether its good for the middle class or not.”
“A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.”

Source : F. L. Lucas (2012). “Style: The Art of Writing Well”, p.322, Harriman House Limited
“If I have to put anyone to bat for my life, it'll be Kallis or Dravid.”
“Leaders must (1) define the business of the business, (2) create a winning strategy, (3) communicate persuasively, (4) behave with integrity, (5) respect others, and (6) act.”
“It's 2014, and adults are still writing articles about whether other adults should read comic books or not.”
“He wanted to tell her that he was inspired and vigilant and recklessly alone, that his body contained his unsteady heart and something else, something he felt but could not describe: porous and spiky, shifting with flecks of thought, with urge and memory; salted with brightness, flickerings of white and green and pale gold; something that loved stars because it was made of the same substance.”
“Sitting around the house playing the wife and mother is driving me crazy.”
“The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.”

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