"Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet."

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Source : 'The Man of Mode' (1676) act 4, sc. 1

George Etherege

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Gentleman Quotes

“Trump is a doer. He is not somebody who pushes paper or kicks the can down the road. He's an accountable - he's a businessman. He's used to accountability, results, delivery, and performance. And I think in this case, he will go ahead and look at alternatives.”
“I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.”
“Ask anyone who has been in a love relationship for a while: nothing is perfect.”

Source : "5 Ways To Know You’re Ready For Love" by Tracy McMillan, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 6, 2013.
“People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.”
“If you do a character, always make the character with a big question mark. Even if the character is very enigmatic and all over the place, make him always with a question mark, because if you turn a question mark upside down, like they do in South America in Spanish, then it becomes a hook.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Some days I feel like I'm only the fire hydrant to Westminster dog show.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“The infinitesimal seedlings became a forest of trees that grew courteously, correcting the distances between themselves as they shaped themselves to the promptings of available light and moisture, tempering the climate and the temperaments of the Scots, as the driest land became moist and the wettest land became dry, seedlings finding a mean between extremes, and the trees constructing a moderate zone for themselves even into what I would have called tundra, until I understood the fact that Aristotle taught, while walking in a botanic garden, that the middle is fittest to discern the extremes.”

Source : William S. Wilson (2002). “Why I Don't Write Like Franz Kafka”, p.110, University of Alabama Press
“Actually, here is something I'm passionate about that, looking around me, seems like the world at large must not care about as much as I do: craft.”

Source : "Damian Kulash of OK Go: On Creativity, Design, and Activism". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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