"I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front."

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Source : Source: writerunboxed.com

Ralph Keyes

#Writing Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It's always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own.”
“I was frustrated because I couldn't get going, as I was trying to figure out how to make films. I had various jobs, I taught a SAT class, I was a bartender, I had a day job at an office and was making short films.”
“The same way that mid century modern architecture was in the 50s, I want to be as a human being. New. Different. Challenging the old. Function over frivolity. Clean living. Clean lines.”
“A storm was brewing. The wind has picked up and a mass of purple clouds was coming in from the West. It felt good to have my hair whipping around my head. I thought it might feel good to have hail beat down on me. Sometimes storms outside are the only relief for storms inside...”
“And I'll act like I have faith, and like that faith never ends, but I really just have friends.”

Source : Song: My Friends, Album: End of the Summer
“This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization.”
“When a man sought knowledge, it would not be long before it could be seen in his humbleness, his sight, upon his tongue and his hands, in his prayer, in his speech and in his disinterest (zuhd) in worldly allurements. And a man would acquire a portion of knowledge and put it into practice, and it would be better for him than the world and all it contains - if he owned it he would give it in exchange for the hereafter.”

Source : Quoted in Ibn Al-Mubârak, Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqâ`iq Vol.1 p. 156,
“...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. Thatâ€™s why weâ€™ve got to make sure we pass it on.”

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