"A secretary is not a thing Wound by key, pulled by string. Her pad is to write in, And not spend the night in, If that's what you plan to enjoy."

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Source : Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

Frank Loesser

#Writing Quotes #Night Quotes #Keys Quotes

“You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.”
“It's always better to be the dumper than the dumpee.”
“As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that.”
“My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her.”
“I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive.”
“There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.”

Source : William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Henry Esmond: And Lovel the Widower”, p.106
“If you don't start out aiming for the big game, you almost never can get there.”
“I'd rather support the issues I truly believe in than give my vote to parties that court votes at the time of the election. I like to think that my vote strengthens the green foundation stone.”

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