"I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing."

-- Cynthia Ozick

#Writing Quotes #Order Quotes #Obsession Quotes

“I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.”
“Nationalism is fraught with dangers, of course, but so is the blind refusal to recognize that attachment to one's own culture, traditions, and history is a creative, normal, and healthy part of human experience.”
“My work is one of my passions, so I want to treat it with great importance, whatever the project or role. As any motorcycle enthusiast can probably attest to, getting your motorcycle looking and riding the best certainly holds a high rating of importance. And if I don't finish the Lego city with my son, then I meet the wrath of an extremely assertive four-year-old project manager.”

Source : "Danielle Cormack: What Love, Laughter and Legos Have to Do with Everything". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“You know, we lose more homes every year to flooding than we do any other event in America.”
“My biggest turn-on has to be brains, intelligence.”

Source : "Liz Vassey: Analyze This". Interview with Elizabeth Sanchez, www.mensfitness.com.
“Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.”

Source : "The Unquiet Grave". Book by Cyril Connolly, 1944.
“Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?”

Source : "Women of Beauty and Heroism" by Frank B. Goodrich, (p. 301), 1859.
“Be intensely result-oriented in everything you do. This is a key characteristic of high performers.”

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