"I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read."

-- Aimee Mann

#Thinking Quotes #Proof Quotes #Great Writers Quotes

“Don't just count your years, make your years count.”
“People and stars are made of the same stuff.”
“We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually.”
“My favorite colors come from the shades of local earth. Dig in the ground and you'll find so many layers of color-amazing yellows, sand, browns, black, beige.”
“My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.”

Source : "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.
“Battles that involve oatmeal are just never going to end up being historic, you know?" Jake went on. "Gettysburg? No major oatmeal involvement. The Battle of Midway? Neither side used oatmeal. Desert Storm? No oatmeal.”
“It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.”

Source : William Lyon Mackenzie King, John English, John O. Stubbs (1977). “Mackenzie King: Widening the Debate”
“I think when it comes to television as opposed to film, the producers really are the writers. We work with people who are purely financial producers.”

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