"If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone."

-- Erica Jong

#Writing Quotes #Listening Quotes #Important Quotes

“We're crazy about this city. Los Angeles? That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco.”
“The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us.”

Source : St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.15, St Athanasius Press
“But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer.”
“There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress.”
“Friendships that are first grounded in the shared professional ambitions - social stuff is built around that - and then you see people pulling each other up as they rise.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Protecting the integrity of every vote cast is among the most important duties I have as governor.”

Source : "Is North Carolina's Voter ID Law 'Common Sense' Policy or Discrimination?". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. August 12, 2013.
“There is no convenient Messiah. Salvation comes only through discipline and sacrifice.”
“I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.”

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