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make it a practice to avoid hating anyone. If someone's been guilty of despicable actions, especially toward me, I try to forget… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
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If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat.… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
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I am absolutely convinced that the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
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When I worked in theater, I was always writing things on Post-it Notes and sticking them on screens or desks. Twitter has… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Regard yourself as a small corporation of one. Take yourself off on team-building exercises (long walks). Hold a Christmas party every year… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Part of creating the future is to follow this consumer. Women are working; we've moved the store to the desk. Now though,… — Natalie Massenet Copy Share Image
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
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I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
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I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher's desk, there are at least… — Gail Godwin Copy Share Image
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