Rumi Quotes
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Everyone knows that Apple crushed Microsoft in the mobile era. But it was exactly the opposite in the PC Wars of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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I do hot yoga and TRX, a kind of suspension training.
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I'm getting fat... because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn't show very much... I'm thinking about going back to work out in a very short time.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
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My wife and I often visit Rosales and the Ilokos as a matter of habit or whim induced by nostalgia, homesickness - whatever draws pilgrims to worshipped sanctuaries. Or, perhaps, what compels moths to seek the votive flame.
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I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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All my friends, they're all gone. I've outlived them all.
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I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I just steer towards characters.
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No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw.
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Life in the mid-21st century is going to be about living locally. Be prepared to be good neighbors. Be prepared to find vocations that make you useful to your neighbors and to your fellow citizens.
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So, my happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.
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I always feel like any criminal who doesn't have a mask on is dumb: particularly the ones who don't realize that all mini-marts have cameras. I find that so hilarious. Or bank robbers without a mask. You're like, 'Have you seen no movies?'
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At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.
