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The relentless note of incipient hysteria, the invitation to panic, the ungrounded scenarios - the overwhelming and underlying desire for something truly terrible to happen… — Adam Gopnik
I sailed on the North River last night with my flute, and my music was a tinkling stream which meandered with the river, and fell… — Henry David Thoreau
...he went into the sitting room, put on a Duke Ellington record he had bought after seeing Gene Hackman sitting on the overnight bus in… — Jo Nesbo
I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again. — Donald E. Westlake
To ruminate upon evils, to make critical notes upon injuries, and be too acute in their apprehensions, is to add unto our own tortures, to… — Thomas Browne
When I studied how to think in school, I was taught that the first rule of logic was that a thing cannot both be and… — Alan Alda
Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. — John Singer Sargent
Writing is like listening to a melody line in my head. Note by note, it knows where it wants to go. I follow it and… — Julia Cameron
Sam Turton is the true embodiment of the responsible artist. The honesty and integrity of the man comes out with every soulful note he sings. — Andrew Craig
Why must the woman apologize for not having a baby just because she happened to get pregnant? It's as if we think motherhood is the… — Katha Pollitt
Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian. — Adam Hochschild
When a regular person gets sick, they take an aspirin. When a writer gets sick, they take notes.... — Chuck Palahniuk
When I think of my past life, and the bitter trials I have endured, I can scarcely believe I live, and yet I do; and,… — Sarah Winnemucca
I didn't drink in the essence of the classroom. I didn't take legible notes or dance all night. I thought I would marry my boyfriend… — Lena Dunham
Softly drops the crimson sun: Softly down from overhead, Drop the bell-notes, one by one, Melting in the melting red.... — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the… — Robert Breault
What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies… — Henry David Thoreau
When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh,… — B B King
You take the pen, and the lines dance. You take the flute and the notes shimmer. You take the brush, and the colors sing. So… — Dag Hammarskjold
Notes are expensive... spend them wisely — B B King

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