"Three words that still have meaning, that I think we can apply to all professional writing, are discovery, originality, invention.The professional writer discovers some aspect of the world and invents out of the speech of his time some particularly apt and original way of putting it down on paper."

-- John Dos Passos

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“I took the game seriously. It was my profession. My teammates also took losing hard. We would all sit in the locker room after losing a big game and talk about how we could have done something differently to change the outcome”
“For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.”
“I think you say the word in your mind anyway, you know. When you look at a word, you say it.”
“I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!”
“To each his own way and his own prayer. God does not take us at our word. He looks deep into our hearts. It is not the ceremonies or rituals that make a difference, but whether our hearts are sufficiently pure or not.”
“The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.”

Source : "Juliana Hatfield Says Goodbye To The Stage, Hello To Art School". Interview with MiddleMojo.com, middlemojo.com.
“So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education”
“Practice presence -- embrace the place where life happens.”

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