Bernard Cornwell Quotes
At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.
Quotes to Explore
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Hot girls have so many options. Sitting at home alone any night of the week and searching the Internet for a dude is on zero hot girls' agendas. So they're definitely not coming after you.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.
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I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.
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I babysat kids in a ShopRite, which is a grocery store. They had a babysitting center so that parents could bring their children while they shopped. It was awful. I also was not very good at keeping the kids calm.
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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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What matters is discovering myself under the veneer, under the layers that are wrapped around me. There are two 'yous'; there's 'you', the real you, and then there's the image.
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Contrary to common belief, Christian fiction did not begin with Catherine Marshall, Janette Oke, or Frank Peretti.
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I never wanted to just press play on some DJ set and let the lights do all the work. I value old-fashioned performance a little more than that.
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I do have the cheesiest of cheesy chat-up lines used on me.
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The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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Writing is such a good thing to do because you can't really get bored with it. If you're bored with writing, you're bored with life.
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All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.
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At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.
