"My younger daughter told me recently that when she was a child she thought the typewriter was a toy that I went into my room and closed the door and played with."

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Source : William Maxwell, Barbara Burkhardt (2012). “Conversations with William Maxwell”, p.45, Univ. Press of Mississippi

William Maxwell

#Daughter Quotes #Children Quotes #Typewriters Quotes

“Share your strengths, not your weaknesses.”
“Imagine his delight after it 'leaked' that he will propose raising taxes on the wealthy by $320 billion over the next 10 years, including increases to the capital gains and inheritance taxes.”
“O liberty, Parent of happiness, celestial born When the first man became a living soul; His sacred genius thou.”
“But hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things.”
“I'm not a philosopher so why should I provide anyone with the answers? I'm just a musician, I don't have any solutions. All I'm doing is questioning the status quo, with every record I've made, to a certain extend.”

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“We are most deeply asleep at the switch when we fancy we control any switches at all.”
“I had always wanted to play a boxer, all of my life. I grew up watching great boxing films.”

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“Sitting opposite Steven Spielberg, while he turns the pages of your script and talks about each scene as he goes, is about the best film school you can get.”

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