"Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past."

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Source : Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.109, Random House

Adam Johnson

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“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.”

Source : Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life”, p.66, Open Road Media
“For me, chess is a language, and if it's not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method at a young age.”
“The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.”
“We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but...uh...(smile).”
“The intelligence community's 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) stated, in a formal presentation to President Bush and to Congress, its view that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction - a belief in which the NIE said it held a 90% level of confidence. That is about as certain as the intelligence community gets on any subject. ...”
“There is no such thing as a dumb question but there is such a thing as a dumb person asking a question.”
“I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.”

Source : John Buchan (2016). “The Complete Works of John Buchan (Unabridged): Thriller Classics, Spy Novels, Supernatural Tales, Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Works, The Great War Writings, Essays, Biographies & Memoirs – All in One Volume”, p.1830, e-artnow
“[The internet has] already had a huge impact in the sports world, and the play-by-play guys that are not paying attention to it are losing out. They're losing out on getting the real pulse of a game that they're covering. My point with blogs and with podcasts is that it can't be the basis of your prep work, there has to be much more. We understand that. But, it has to be at least a part of what you're doing. If you're not paying attention to it, then you're not seeing the full picture.”

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