Debra Dean Quotes

I kept writing short stories and sending out my manuscript, and it kept coming back like a bad penny. It was rejected all over town, quite often in very complimentary terms, but rejected nonetheless. Agents would return it saying that they loved it but didn't think they could sell it, or they would ask if I could change the collection into linked stories.

Debra Dean

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I wrote for so many years in a bubble, the way everyone does, and there were large swaths of time where you think you're doing this for nothing. An audience is crucial, a back and forth with the invisible readers.

Patrick deWitt
- Time
- Think
- Doing
I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.

Damien Rice
- Want
- Stage
- Flow
There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.

Daniel Ellsberg
- Like
- Year
- Leak
When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.

Frances Beinecke
- Opportunity
- Community
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

Mahatma Gandhi
- Man
- Thoughts
- Product
I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.

Hakeem Olajuwon
- Life
- God
- Success