Avoid Quote by Amanda Shires Download Open image “I try my best to not just avoid cliches but to write with some meaning.” — Amanda Shires ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Avoid Best Cliches Meaning Try
Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés. — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial. — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
I originated my own cliches, but I'm finding that's not working for me anymore. — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
It's weird to take your work into a room and everybody reads it. Then comes the terror part, the dissection. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
And I also think it's a violin when you're selling it and a fiddle when you're buying it. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I'm well-read as far as literary fiction, but I wanted to make better decisions about my writing, to use words or phrases more confidently… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Instinct is still important, but now I can easily identify problems like cliches and mixed metaphors, and I have a broader palette to work… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
There's a stability in being a side person that can be kind of dangerous if you also want to be an artist on your… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
At about 33 weeks along in my pregnancy, the doctor suggested that I stay pretty close to home and not be touring and flying… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I think I prefer for the listener to decide for themselves what stuff means, because I always hate it when I think a song… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're going through life you're not really noticing it. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I was in a plane that lost an engine flying from Dallas to England. It happened over the Newfoundland Sea, and it was dark,… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I wasn't getting any work as a songwriter in Texas because I was only known as a fiddle player. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
You know when you have a child and then as you get older, your parents start becoming more like your friends and then telling… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
By eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity. — David H. Murdock Copy Share Image
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I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
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Patients' lives are more important than embryos. I do want to avoid the use of embryos if possible. — Shinya Yamanaka Copy Share Image
I studiously avoid any academic dissections of the play and any kind of previous experience of playing. For me, it's all in the play. — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
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God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves. — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
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