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Unlike some people who have experienced the loss of an animal, I did not believe, even for a moment, that I would never get another.… — Cleveland Amory
I count it a high honor to belong to a profession in which the good men write every paragraph, every sentence, every line, as lovingly… — Alexander Woollcott
An abstract style is always bad. Your sentences should be full of stones, metals, chairs, tables, animals, men, and women. — Alain de Lille
They must be real people. And this means that every word in every line of speech must be accurate and full of some kind of… — John Steinbeck
Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso didn't… — William Zinsser
The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the… — Amy Tan
Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect. — Iris Murdoch
Concentration, Full Confidence, Pure Will. With these 3, what cannot be accomplished? — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
...the truer measure of sacrifice isn't so much what one gives to sacrifice as what one sacrifices to give. Faith isn't tested so much when… — Lynn G. Robbins
Our willingness to repent shows our gratitude for God's gift and for the Savior's love and sacrifice on our behalf. Commandments and priesthood covenants provide… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price on the right… — George Bernard Shaw
Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his make-up… — Max Euwe
The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world… — Margaret Bourke-White
Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create… — David Hurn
And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or… — Sam Abell
Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the finished… — Edward Weston
The fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead they allow the medium to master them and go on an endless squirrel… — Edward Weston
Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this:… — Walker Evans
When you're photographing anything to do with war and conflict you're photographing something impossible. Everything you do is just clumsy and stupid and half witted.… — Unknown Author
A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off. — Kevin Keegan

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