"I have come to the belief that there is not merely an accidental relationship between bad writing and routine sociological research, but a wonderfully pure, integral relationship; the awkwardness is necessary and inevitable."

-- Elizabeth Hardwick

#Writing Quotes #Routine Quotes #Research Quotes

“A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules.”
“I have crushes, but they're all too old. Like Beyonce -she has a husband, I might get shot. I went up to give Beyonce a hug at the Grammys and Jay-Z said, watch out buddy! He was kidding, but you know...”
“When you say what you think, be sure to think what you say.”
“There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.”
“Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.”
“Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.”

Source : W. P. Kinsella (1999). “Shoeless Joe”, p.146, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“My limits are limitless. I find my limits every time I act.”

Source : "Crudup's in the Running / Star of `Without Limits' could be the Next Big Thing" by Ruthe Stein, www.sfgate.com. October 04, 1998.
“It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.”

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