"There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch", which means just plain sitting on your ***** and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael was a painter, and he used to say, "If the muse is late for work, start without her". You have to be there. You have to be there, and do it, and grind it out, even when it is grinding and you know you're probably going to rewrite all this tomorrow."

-- Peter S. Beagle

#Uncles Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Don't clock anybody, let them all clock you, Don't be down with anybody, let them all be down with you. Stay self-managed, self-kept, self-taught, Be your own man; don't be borrowed, don't be bought.”

Source : Song: We Got Our Own Thang
“I like clothes that exude feminine charms, a gentle style. It's just like being able to match with a dress with an attached hood.”

Source : Source: omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com
“I could tell by his expression that once he got over his anger at me for keeping this secret from him, there was nothing left to talk about. He wasn't confused. He didn't need questions answered. He didn't ask why or how or with whom or whether I thought maybe it might just be a phase. He didn't ask who knew and who didn't know or whether I thought it might ruin my career. I was his sister and he didn't care whether I was straight or gay; it simply didn't matter to him.”

Source : Portia de Rossi (2011). “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain”, p.216, Simon and Schuster
“No place in the US better exemplifies the ethos to engineer new digital technologies than Silicon Valley”
“One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.”
“Human requirements are the inspiration for art.”
“And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox.”
“Music changed my life. I don't know who I would be without it. Don't ignore even the smallest glimmer of passion in your soul, run towards it with everything you have. It could change your life.”

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