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Why Writers Love to Hate the M.F.A.
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New York Times By CECILIA CAPUZZI SIMONAPRIL 9, 2015 It was peak reading season, and Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Wr...
To find out what is truly individual in ourselves
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“To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the d...
In going where you have to go
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“In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you dull and blunt the instrument you w...
Koko, the gorilla
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Koko, the gorilla who was taught sign language, once lied to her trainers, blaming her kitten for tearing a sink out of the wall.
Bach
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“Beethoven tells you what it’s like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it’s like to be human. Bach tells you what it’s like to...
Education does not equal happiness – study
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London – Getting good grades and going to university makes us no happier than failing exams and dropping out of school, a study claims. ...
Tips for Happiness in Daily Life
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You can make your life happier. It is a matter of choice. It is your attitude that makes you feel happy or unhappy. We meet vari...
Writers chart
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Perhaps a bit overstated but..............
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“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always irritated by people who...
Big
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Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. ...
Questions
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. - ...
A man should
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“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares m...
My life goal
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MY GOAL IS TO CREATE A LIFE THAT I DON'T NEED A VACATION FROM
Get happy
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"Happiness depends upon ourselves." — Aristotle "There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Noth...
Louis L’amour
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“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.”
Passion
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All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you’ll create the talent. -
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
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"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific frie...
Larry L. King
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“The best kind of writing, and the biggest thrill in writing, is to suddenly read a line from your typewriter that you didn’t know was...
Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism,..............
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“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to ...
Artist
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“Being an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them.”Annette Messager
To me, poetry is somebody standing up
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“To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be...
Destitutus ventis remos adhibe
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Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe...or in other words "If the wind will not serve, take to the oars"
A writer is
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“ A writer is a world trapped in a person. ”
Irish fair skin can be traced to India and the Middle East
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From Irish Central. Com Have you ever wondered where the Irish get their light skin color from? Well, it appears we may now have the a...
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