William Zinsser Quotes
Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people doWilliam Zinsser
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Gary Becker -
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Oscar Wilde -
I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
Famke Janssen -
I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
Nate Berkus -
Shinsuke Nakamura is probably one of the best wrestlers I've ever been in the ring with. He's very unorthodox. Everything he does is with knockout power. He's a guy who is very flamboyant, so don't let his Michael Jackson antics fool you. This guy is deadly.
A.J. Styles -
There is no kind way to rip the skin off animals' backs. Anyone who wears any fur shares the blame for the torture and gruesome deaths of millions of animals each year.
Natalie Imbruglia
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A city, far from being a cluster of buildings, is actually a sequence of spaces enclosed and defined by buildings.
I. M. Pei -
I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever thought I would write historical fiction. I never thought I might write academic history because I simply wasn't good enough!
Pat Barker -
I read the rumors, and I know there is a cottage industry of meanness out there.
Matt Lauer -
Any free meal is a good meal, you know?
Joe Sakic -
My family background has always been very supportive. They're going to be there for me no matter what.
Mark Sanchez -
There are lots of ways to work together.
Jacob Lew
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I guess there might come a point when I will want to live an anonymous life. I'm only at the start of my career, so I'm sure that moment will come, but I know how blessed I am to have this platform on which to speak and influence.
Kimbra Lee Johnson -
God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross.
Charles Stanley -
I'm pretty healthy, most of the time.
Jaimie Alexander -
If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower -
Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.
Dwight D. Eisenhower -
I get really saucy after a few drinks. Sexy rude, not obnoxious rude.
Katie Price
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In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum.
Buzz Aldrin -
It is vital for officials and regulators to have input from people within our businesses who understand the intricacies of how financial markets operate and the consequences of certain policy decisions.
Jamie Dimon -
I'd like to do Broadway if the right project came along, but my mission in life is that I want to help change people's lives.
Derek Hough -
And if there is one thing that he and this year’s anniversary should teach us, if there’s one lesson I hope that Malia and Sasha and young people everywhere learn from this day, it’s that with enough effort, and enough empathy, and enough perseverance, and enough courage, people who love their country can change it.
Barack Obama -
I think one reason TV has always done well is because there is something comforting where you kind of know what you're going to be taken through.
Louis C. K. -
Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people do
William Zinsser