"Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery."

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Siddhartha Mukherjee

#Writing Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Quality Quotes

“The heart of standing is that you cannot fly.”
“Never ask a man where he has been.”
“Competition is all about you. It's about feeding your selfish needs. It feeds the depravity of your heart.”

Source : "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“Some Pakistanis fought for the Taliban. Pakistani extremist groups provided infrastructural support to Al Qaeda. There was a coming and going of Al Qaeda militants and leaders between Afghanistan and Pakistan for several years. All that has really happened is that Al Qaeda has escaped from Afghanistan come into Pakistan, got in touch with their contacts and friends in these extremist groups, which then provided them with safe houses, cars, and not just in the border areas but also in the cities. Rooting out Al Qaeda in Pakistan now is where the main battle is being fought.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“We [The Replacements] formed as a rock and roll band, and that was the path we chose to take. Whenever we deviated from it we felt, unless everybody was into it, there was tension.”
“Being uneducated is no guarantee against being obnoxious.”
“It is indeed very possible, that the Persons we laugh at may in the main of their Characters be much wiser Men than our selves; but if they would have us laugh at them, they must fall short of us in those Respects which stir up this Passion.”
“I'm not going to sit here and say, 'Pity me; I came from modeling.' It's opened a lot of doors. People will take meetings because they've heard the name before. That's an advantage that I have.”

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