"For me, it's always been the initial business - just getting a word down, any words down, on a blank piece of paper. Once I've done that, I'm away. Beginning is one half of the deed."

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Source : Source: strandmag.com

Colin Dexter

#Done Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Half Quotes

“The myth of the strong black woman is the other side of the coin of the myth of the beautiful dumb blonde.”
“Why should he be spared?' 'Someone ought to be.' And it will not be me. I have survived, but I have not been spared.”
“The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.”
“He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.”
“Rose: 'If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?' Doctor: 'Lots of planets have a north!”
“If indeed the death of a child is part of a larger plan, you wonder if God ever considered a smaller plan.”
“Digital platforms are worthless without content. They're shiny sacks with bells and whistles, but without content, they're empty sacks. It is not about pixels versus print. It is not about how you're reading. It is about what you're reading.”
“We urgently need a debate about the best ways of supporting families in modern America, without blinders that prevent us from seeing the full extent of dependence and interdependence in American life. As long as we pretend that only poor or abnormal families need outside assistance, we will shortchange poor families, overcompensate rich ones, and fail to come up with effective policies for helping families in the middle.”

Source : Stephanie Coontz (2016). “The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap”, p.73, Basic Books

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