William Carleton Quotes
Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take.
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There is nothing cooler than to have them singing your words back to you. The last show I did, I was kind of nervous about putting the mic out there, because you're not sure how it's going to go. But I did, and they sang the whole chorus. I thought, 'Holy crap! That is the coolest feeling.' It's the biggest rush ever.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have.
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My career was quite unusual, so my main advice to someone interested in a career similar to my own is to remain open to change and new opportunities. I like to tell students that the jobs I took after my Ph.D. were not in existence only a few years before.
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As someone who gets nervous in silences, I spill words rather than really think.
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It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
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A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
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In a nutshell, the idea of Juche means that the masters of the revolution and the work of construction are the masses of the people and that they are also the motive force of the revolution and the work of construction. In other words, one is responsible for one's own destiny and one has also the capacity for hewing out one's own destiny.
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Words matter. Words matter when you run for president. And they really matter when you are president.
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No words suffice the secret soul to show, For truth denies all eloquence to woe.
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The greatest acting really is spoken without words, or at least I like to think that.
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At the end of the day, I want to be known for my ability to create life from words.
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Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm.
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You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses.
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Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.
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The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.
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I've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The lessons have just made me stronger.
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R&D has been an obsession in Europe for many, many years. There is this magical number which many governments aspire to do, and that is to invest at least three percent of GDP in research and development. When you look at the number, it's a composite of private and public investment in R&D.
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My doctor told me to watch my drinking. Now I drink in front of a mirror.
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I came to 20th Century Fox to do movies, and then they started a network, and they asked me to do a show as part of their starting what became the Fox network.
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I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.
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Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so.
