"I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others."

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Source : Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”

Sherwood Anderson

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“Peopleâ€™s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities.”
“I never took the game for granted as far as not having to work on what I needed to do to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to accomplish.”
“I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends.”

Source : "Rooney Mara: Playing with Fire". Interview with Jonathan Van Meter, www.vogue.com. October 17, 2011.
“I think that when we start thought-policing people and idea-policing people, then that's crossing a line. And I think, you know, everybody's so afraid of this imaginary line of thought police that they forget their own personal safety.”
“I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.”
“On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House.”
“The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does”
“I'm self-critical but also, I'm not a very modest person. I'm self-critical in the lead-up to showing anyone anything. You know how people say they write, like, 30 songs and then they'll pick the ones they're going to put on the record? I don't ever get to that point because I self-edit so harshly at the beginning. I would never let anyone hear something that I wasn't happy with. But then once I've made it, I'm also not going to turn around and go, "Oh, yeah, I don't know..." If I'm putting it out, anything creative that I do, I think that it's good, otherwise I wouldn't put it out.”

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