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“Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe records of men's watch upon the world and on themselves.”

Men World Humans Book Watches Records Paper Print Shelves Human Spirit Librarian Keepers

Author:Archibald MacLeish

“When you can sit down with a plain sheet of paper in front of you and make some notes, and, little by little, you see it take shape and become a concept for a movie or a TV show. That's a real thrill. You watch it go from notes on a paper to a meeting with writers and directors and actors. I can't think of anything that's more exciting.”

Thinking Littles I Can Real Shows Actors Watches Fronts Tvs Shapes Directors Paper Concepts Exciting Meetings Notes Tv Shows Thrill Sheets

Author:Stan Lee

“I don't understand the feeling of, the way people speak of writing as though it were, like, some kind of djinn to be summoned or like it's the Loch Ness monster or seeing a shooting star. It's a physical act. It is a thing you do with your muscles and your body and your willpower. Watch, I'll show you: get a piece of paper. Get a pencil. Put the pencil on the paper and write the word 'something.'”

People Way Writing Kind Book Shows Feelings Body Speak Stars Watches Pieces Seeing Paper Your Body Monsters Comic Shooting Muscles Comic Book Pencils Willpower Shooting Star Loch Ness Monster

Author:Matt Fraction

“I never claimed to be a low-maintenance gal, but when I'm writing, it's particularly challenging. I lose things constantly: my watch, my glasses, my papers, my mind.”

Writing Mind Loses Challenges Watches Paper Lows Glasses Papers Maintenance Gals

Book:Little Altars Everywhere: Novel, A

Source: Little Altars Everywhere: Novel, A

“[On the socialites in New York in the Nineties who devoted themselves to politics, charities, and other volunteer work:] I never knew but one woman who devoted her life exclusively to the social game. She ended her days arranging dinner parties with paper dolls, a breakdown pitiful to watch.”

Games Social Party Watches New York Paper Charity Dinner Devoted Volunteer Dolls Breakdown One Woman Dinner Party Pitiful Arranging Socialites Volunteer Work

Author:Margaret Case Harriman

“I'd always written rhymes but I was scared to share them. They stayed on paper or in my head, until I started going to watch battles and eventually thought to myself, "I'm definitely as good as some of these guys, and maybe even better than them".”

Guy Watches Written Share Battle Paper Scared Rhyme

Author:Doc Brown

“Unsuccessful people get up whenever they feel like it and the first thing they do is watch television, read the paper, or check email. The rest of the day is pretty much 50% below maximum performance.”

People Feels Firsts Watches Television Paper Performances Checks Get Up Successful People Email Maximum Unsuccessful

Author:Brian Tracy

“Paper is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims. Watch for the day when it bounces, marked: 'Account Overdrawn.'”

Political Politics Watches Virtue Paper Accounts Victim Checks Bounce

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“I was precocious enough to watch the news and read the papers, and I can remember October 1956, the simultaneous crisis in Hungary and Suez, very well. And getting a sense that the world was dangerous, a sense that the game was up, that the Empire was over.”

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Book:Christopher Hitchens: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Source: Christopher Hitchens: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

“Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.”

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Author:Ryan Giggs