"The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike."

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Ralph Ellison

#Writing Quotes #Past Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“Chater: You dare to call me that. I demand satisfaction! Septimus: Mrs Chater demanded satisfaction and now you are demanding satisfaction. I cannot spend my time day and night satisfying the demands of the Chater family.”
“If history teaches anything, it teaches humility.”
“I attended schools in Seattle through the University of Washington, from which I was graduated in 1931. I spent the next year at Northwestern University.”
“Talking to someone, meditating, praying, or just plain crying it out helps. The most important thing after doing any of these things is to let them go. I focus on all of the many blessings surrounding me and all those I love, instead.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The plain wooden toothpick, it may be argued, is among the simplest of manufactured things. It consists of a single part, made of a single material, intended for a single purpose-from which it gets its simple name. It is also among the most convenient and ready of things. It can be used directly out of the box-there being no instructions to read, no parts to assemble, no priming or booting required, and no maintenance expected. When it has served its purpose, it is simply discarded.”

Source : Henry Petroski (2008). “The Toothpick: Technology and Culture”, p.3, Vintage
“I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley.”
“How can we be isolating ourselves when it's 16 to 3 in NATO for what we want to do?”
“If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.”

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