"When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day, that week ... I write stories the same way. Events at home, in school, at work, in the street, these are the bases for a story. Some experiences leave such a deep impression that instead of talking about them at the club I work them into a novel."

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Source : FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Jan 01, 2013

Naguib Mahfouz

#Writing Quotes #School Quotes #Home Quotes

“Savings is an important tool because it can help the poor deal with the ups and downs of irregular earnings, and help them build reserves for a rainy day.”

Source : "Banking on Savings for the Poor" by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 11, 2010.
“The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up for holiday episodes.”
“I love to see new things, and I love to learn. I always learn so much when I travel - that's the best thing.”
“Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.”
“You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.”
“Republicans fighting back against changes Obama made means those changes are important, as with most of the major progress in American history.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE”
“Envy: a confused, tangled guide to one's own ambitions.”

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