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		The thing about looking back over Clinton's presidency, and probably anybody's presidency, is that when you look back, the events all line up in a way that makes sense. At the time, you don't know where it's going.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Gibbs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damien Rice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I must never write when I do not want to write. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Langston Hughes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Floyd Skloot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Floyd Skloot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't do negative things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rajeev Shukla 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				George Ayittey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bryan Burrough 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I used to write in a room overlooking the valley from where I could see too much, whether checking the sheep and alpacas or seeing the trout rise on the lake. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Antony Beevor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Palmer Luckey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't be afraid to wear fancy dress-up pieces with your everyday denim jeans/shorts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Disha Patani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing about looking back over Clinton's presidency, and probably anybody's presidency, is that when you look back, the events all line up in a way that makes sense. At the time, you don't know where it's going. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dee Dee Myers