"There is nothing like a doorbell to precipitate……" — Wallace Stegner
"There is nothing like a doorbell to precipitate the potential into the kinetic."
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108 Quotes by Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner has 108 quotes on this site.
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But however you might rebel, there was no shedding them. They were your responsibility and there was no one to…
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We simply need that wild country available to us... For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our…
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Water is the true wealth in a dry land.
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Talent can't be taught, but it can be awakened.
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Every book that anyone sets out on is a voyage of discovery that may discover nothing. Any voyager may be…
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Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.
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How much wilderness do the wilderness-lovers want? ask those who would mine and dig and cut and dam in such…
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It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you…
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No life goes past so swiftly as an eventless one, no clock spins like a clock whose days are all…
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There must be some other possibility than death or lifelong penance ... some meeting, some intersection of lines; and some…
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This early piece of the morning is mine.
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Are writers reporters, prophets, crazies, entertainers, preachers, judges, what?
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More Doorbell Quotes
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one of 34 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Next time y'all need to find me, just rub these two wires for the doorbell.
— Redman
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Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.
— Winston Churchill
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Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top.
— John Lydon
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Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to…
— Jack Handey
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
— Richard Miller
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When I'm on a break from writing, I'll log on to Amazon and eBay. The doorbell is constantly being rung…
— Sophie Kinsella
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As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a…
— Rupert Everett
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You wouldn't believe that I still have the bikers with the caps to the side at my door, ringing the…
— Tina Turner
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Nowadays, if a man living in a civilized country (ha!) hears cannon blasts in his sleep, he will, of course,…
— Andrea Camilleri
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The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone.
— Douglas Adams
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If she's really psychic," Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?
— Joan Bauer
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I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through this.”…
— Rachel Caine
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