"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all."

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Source : Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.145, Bantam

Rita Mae Brown

#Business Quotes #Inspirational Life Quotes #Goal Quotes

“Whatever, man. Scorsese thinks Iâ€™m awesome”
“Imagining someone else's pain with too much surety can be as damaging as failing to imagine it.”

Source : Leslie Jamison (2014). “The Empathy Exams: Essays”, p.21, Granta Books
“If our friends' idealizations of us need the corrective of our own experience, it may be true also that our own sordid view of our lives needs the corrective of our friends' idealizations.”

Source : Oscar W. Firkins (1934). “Memoirs and Letters”, p.45, U of Minnesota Press
“One of my weaknesses is that I actually have a conscience.”
“Democracy only works, as President [Barack] Obama spoke of in his farewell message, if it's driven by the people and the people stay active and vigilant and speak out and let their concerns be known.”
“If thereâ€™s a zeppelin, itâ€™s alternate history. If thereâ€™s a rocketship, itâ€™s science fiction. If there are swords and/or horses, itâ€™s fantasy. A book with swords and horses in it can be turned into science fiction by adding a rocketship to the mix. If a book has a rocketship in it, the only thing that can turn it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail.”
“Take a look at the world and laugh”
“What a life in science really teaches you is the vastness of our ignorance.”

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