"The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved."

-- Marge Piercy

#Real Quotes #Writing Quotes #Fire Quotes

“Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work.”
“Girls, do yourself a favor, don't ever bring us anywhere to pick anything out - ever, ever. You don't need us there.”
“Allow your passion to become your purpose, and it will one day become your profession.”

Source : Twitter post from May 23, 2012
“The transmission systems are still regulated.”
“As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I was one of the leaders, because why? As a lobbyist, once you buy a congressional office, you don't have to re-buy that office in six years, right?”

Source : "Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. April 4, 2012.
“Where thou art gone, adieus and farewells are a sound unknown.”
“The primary concern of the human animal is to avoid rejection and abandonment.”
“Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things, He brings us into the place where we can begin to understand Him.”

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