"I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always writing-but in my head."

-- Jamaica Kincaid

#Writing Quotes #Certain Quotes

“Life and business are rather simple after all-to make a success of either, you've got to hang on to the knack of putting yourself into the other person's place.”
“This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.”
“My old daddy used to say "kill the closest snake first".”

Source : "Power Grid Politics". Fox News, www.cbsnews.com. August 17, 2003.
“Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.”

Source : "Elements of Success". "President Garfield and education. Hiram college memorial". Book compiled by B. A. Hinsdale, p. 331, 1882.
“No man's prayer is acceptable with God whose life is not well pleasing before God.”

Source : Alexander Whyte (1998). “Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Sermons on Prayer”, p.119, Regent College Publishing
“Blue liner at the lash line is a great way to brighten the eyes. I also love using a flesh-toned eye pencil on the water line to neutralize any redness. Tipping the lashes with navy mascara is another great way to make the whites appear whiter.”
“The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them, sometimes three.”
“There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.”

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