"I'm not a writing group member, not a joiner in that way. I don't seek a wide swath of feedback."

-- Claire Messud

#Writing Quotes #Groups Quotes #Way Quotes

“If exposure of a nude body is thought to incite relations between the sexes, well, what of it. We want a large population anyway.”

Source : Graham Howe, Paul Outerbridge, Jacqueline Markham (1980). “Paul Outerbridge, Jr: photographs”
“Most people probably assume that Hristo is a grumpy, stubborn guy... That can't be further from the truth. He's a cheerful, candid person that never holds a grudge.”
“It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.”
“Well we usually just try to do a mix from all the albums so if somebody just has one they don't get bummed out that they don't hear anything from that record, then a couple songs you'll only hear live. Just kind of wing it you know? And sometimes on a tour you'll get with a set-list you like and you kind of just stick with that.”
“You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government”

Source : John Moody (1921). “The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States”
“Everyone knows I'm a lash girl by now. When I don't have my lashes, I feel naked.”
“Never try to out drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian.”

Source : Jonas Jonasson (2012). “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared”, p.111, Hachette UK

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