"There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit the earth; and nothing that we value will endure in the world unless they can be persuaded to value it too."

-- Jill Paton Walsh

#Writing Quotes #Important Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Unfortunately, most news writing is the product of a first draft culture.”
“I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was.”

Source : Sarah Addison Allen (2012). “The Peach Keeper”, p.122, Hachette UK
“I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further.”
“I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it after about twenty-five years.”
“Women are more proactive. By their nature, they're genetically designed to nurture their offspring. Men have always been the hunters in their society. But it's changing. Women are now doing two things: They're building companies and they're giving birth to kids.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“I want 'Vogue' to be pacy, sharp, and sexy - I'm not interested in the super-rich or infinitely leisured. I want our readers to be energetic executive women, with money of their own and a wide range of interests. There is a new kind of woman out there. She's interested in business and money.”
“I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.”

Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
“One of the real dangers of loyalty is that it may become associated with certain types of group-think, chauvinism, jingoism, and thus become socially destructive in ways that many other virtues are not likely to be when they are corrupted. Nationalism and patriotism are especially prone to misguided excess.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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