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People live and work in uninspiring environments, but look inside those rooms. Look at the painted walls and the decorations. People rebel… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
What will die with me the day I die? What pathetic or frail image will be lost to the world? The voice… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor.… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
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You know what comes next, of course. You know I'm writing this at my desk, on a Thursday, and day after tomorrow… — James Autry Copy Share Image
Cold?" Ravus echoed. He took her arm and rubbed it between his hands, watching them as though they were betraying him. "Better?"… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
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I could give you absolutely sterling advice on how to avoid writing, how when you run out of things to do other… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
The feel of a good row stays with you hours afterward. Your muscles glow, your mind wanders from the papers on you… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
Do not expect to be hailed as a hero when you make your great discovery. More likely you will be a ratbag-maybe… — Samuel Warren Carey 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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Jeff Klein, one of the earliest champions of Conscious Capitalism, offers a highly practical yet profoundly intuitive blueprint for achieving your purpose-and… — Patricia Aburdene Copy Share Image
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
Suppose within each book there is another book, and within every letter on every page another volume constantly unfolding; but these volumes… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Even at the time—twenty years old—I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than… — Isaac Babel Copy Share Image
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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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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President-elect Trump has the vision. And what Mike Pence brings to the table as vice president-elect is somebody who knows Capitol Hill.… — Jeb Hensarling Copy Share Image
This famous quote hangs over my desk, as well as the desks of many people with the hubris and optimism to believe… — Alan AtKisson Copy Share Image
David Corbett's The Art of Character offers a deep inquiry into the creation of character for the novice writer, with valuable nuggets… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
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