"Writing is the hardest work in the world not involving heavy lifting."

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Source : "Independent Lens. The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2013.

Pete Hamill

#Writing Quotes #World Quotes #Heavy Quotes

“The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors.”
“The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. All are brothers and all children of God.”
“Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure.”
“I know him...of course.”
“I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.”
“There's some herb that's good for everybody, except for them that thinks they're sick when they ain't.”
“My parents were divorcing, and I think at certain times of your life you do attract the wrong type of person. You don't know any better, and you don't know how you'd like to be treated.”
“The thing about the heart was that you could not coax it or force it, as you could any other disease. Will power meant nothing.”

Source : Michael Shaara (2013). “The Killer Angels”, p.82, Birlinn

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