"many writers believe in arrival without leaving home. They believe in talent but not skill."

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Source : Judy Delton (1991). “The 29 most common writing mistakes and how to avoid them”, Writer's Digest Books

Judy Delton

#Believe Quotes #Home Quotes #Skills Quotes

“They say that age kills the fire inside of a man, that he hears Death coming, he opens the door and says, "Come in, give me rest!" That is a pack of goddam lies.”
“Jamaica is one of the most musically influential nations in the world. Throughout the entire globe, there are pockets that are constantly in touch with what goes on in the dancehall community, from Germany to Japan, to different parts of Africa like Ghana.”

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“Of all the things that your company owns, brands are far and away the most important and the toughest. Founders die. Factories burn down. Machinery wears out. Inventories get depleted. Technology becomes obsolete. Brand loyalty is the only sound foundation on which business leaders can build enduring, profitable growth.”
“My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them.”
“According to their [Newton and his followers] doctrine, God Almighty wants to wind up his watch from time to time: otherwise it would cease to move. He had not, it seems, sufficient foresight to make it a perpetual motion. Nay, the machine of God's making, so imperfect, according to these gentlemen; that he is obliged to clean it now and then by an extraordinary concourse, and even to mend it, as clockmaker mends his work.”
“~I'm not someone who [lives] like, 'OK, this is a museum and you can't sit here and you can't touch this and everything has to be put in its place - [the kids] live here as much as we do. You come into our house and a giant elephant and lion are welcoming you. We have toys and things everywhere.~”
“The real butches are straight ... dealing with and controlling men makes you stronger.”
“The thieves and killers are goin' to have guns, so if the honest men don't have 'em they just make it easier for the vicious.”

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