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“These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't.”

Ifs Men Doubt Written Fool Praise Confusion Damn Umpires

Author:Dylan Thomas

“Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is Michael, the Archangel, the Ancient of Days! about whom holy men have written and spoken -- He is our Father, and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do. Every man upon the earth, professing Christians or non professing, must hear it, and will know it sooner or later.”

Source: Journal of Discourses

“The future has to be lived before it can be written about.”

Book:Glorious thoughts of Nehru: being a treasury of over twelve thousand invaluable and inspiring thoughts, views and observations of Jawaharlal Nehru, collected from his writings and speeches and classified under four hundred subjects

Source: Glorious thoughts of Nehru: being a treasury of over twelve thousand invaluable and inspiring thoughts, views and observations of Jawaharlal Nehru, collected from his writings and speeches and classified under four hundred subjects

“I do not remember-that is the point-the first impulse that pumped and shoved most of the earlier poems along, and they are still too near me, with their vehement beat-pounding black and green rhythms like those of a very young policeman exploding, for me to see the written evidence of it.”

Inspirational Firsts Stills Remember Young Black Written Beats Evidence Green Rhythm Impulse Policemen Exploding Vehement

Author:Dylan Thomas

“Then I walked away, and I did not look back. I had written my troubles on the sand. The tide was coming in.”

Looks Written Trouble Adversity Sand Tides

Author:Arthur Gordon Webster

“Sometimes I think I might not have written 'The Age of Miracles' if I hadn't grown up in California, if I hadn't been exposed to its very particular blend of beauty and disaster, of danger and denial.”

Ifs Thinking Sometimes Might Age Written Danger Particular Miracle Disaster Denial California Exposed

Author:Karen Thompson Walker

“Who publishes the sheet-music of the winds or the music of water written in river-lines?”

Water Nature Lines Written Wind Rivers Sheets Publish Sheet Music

Author:John Muir

“When the history of the 20th century is finally written, one of its key features will be the wanton slaughter of more than 170 million people, not in war, but by their own government. The governments that led in this slaughter are the former USSR (65 million) and the Peoples Republic of China (35-40 million). The point to remember is that these governments were the idols of America's leftists. Part of the reason for these and other tyrannical successes was because the people were first disarmed.”

People Firsts War Reason Government America Remember Millions Written Century Keys China Former Features Republic Idols 20th Century Slaughter Leftists Wanton Ussr

Author:Walter E. Williams

“When I think of the flag.... I see alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of liberty and justice, and stripes of blood to vindicate those rights, and then, in the corner, a prediction of the blue serene into which every nation may swim which stands for these great things.”

Thinking May Nations Justice Liberty Rights Written Blood Blue Corners Great Things Swim Flags Predictions Serene Stripes Liberty And Justice Flag Day

Book:The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)

Source: The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)

“Your life is like a book. The title page is your name, the preface your introductions to the world. The pages are a daily record of your efforts, trials, pleasures, discouragements, and achievements. Day by day your thoughts and acts are being inscribed in your book of life. Hour by hour, the record is being made that must stand for all time. Once the word 'finish' must be written, let it then be said of your book that it is a record of noble purpose, generous service, and work well-done.”

“People have one year after the wedding to send a gift. Thank-you notes must be written immediately. If you don't receive an acknowledgment within three months, phone and ask if it was received. If the bride and groom are embarrassed, fine. They deserve to be.”

People Ifs Years Three Asks Women Written Fine Months Deserve Notes Phones Embarrassed Brides Three Months Acknowledgment Thank You Note Bride And Groom

Author:Ann Landers

“The past is an anchor with suffering written on the rope. I don't live there now. I am cutting myself free.”

Past Suffering Cutting Written Mma Rope Anchors Cutting Myself

Author:Mark Millar

“I truly believe the book of philosophy to be that which stands perpetually open before our eyes, though since it is written in characters different from those of our alphabet it cannot be read by everyone.”

Thinking Believe Book Different Philosophy Character Eye Written Alphabet

Author:Galileo Galilei

“If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.”

“Stallone is a great writer. He wrote one of the best screenplays ever written. Rocky. It is one of the biggest classics of all time. I think in the past, he was shying away from writing his own stuff, because there is a lot of pressure when you star in something that you write.”

Thinking Writing Past Stars Stuff Written Pressure All Time Screenplays Great Writers

Author:Dolph Lundgren

“The only music I've ever written was for a film called Frank, and the idea was that it was the worst music in the world.”

World Ideas Film Written Worst Frank

Author:Domhnall Gleeson

“When you're working with film, you can only shoot one angle at a time, and then everything has to stop, and you re-light it and shoot everything else from the opposite side, so it's really important that you stick exactly to what's written. But with the multi-camera digital setup, you're getting both sides of the scene at the same time, so it gives you that freedom to go off-book.”

Giving Important Book Light Film Sides Written Scene Opposites Cameras Sticks Digital Angle Both Sides Setups

Author:Chris Pratt

“Most of our songs were written on acoustic guitar before they made it to the practice stage.”

Made Song Practice Written Stage Guitar Made It Acoustics Acoustic Guitar

Author:Dave Grohl

“I used to envy people who had written books, the way I think women envy other women who've had babies. I was resentful, shy, and inhibited around people who had written books. They'd done things I wanted to do.”

People Thinking Way Book Done Wanted Used Written Baby Envy Shy Resentful

Author:Joan Juliet Buck

“I am the woman with the cool vintage glasses... I am the proud wife beside her husband... I am the writer who has written a new novel.”

Novel Wife Written Proud Husband Glasses Vintage

Author:Ann Hood

“For many people, Mrs. Brown has come from the middle of nowhere. But Mrs. Brown was first written for radio. I wrote it for a radio series in 1992. It was a five-minute piece for radio, and it's been absolutely astonishing.”

People Firsts Five Pieces Written Middle Minutes Series Radio Brown Five Minutes Astonishing Middle Of Nowhere Mr Brown

Author:Brendan O'Carroll

“If Henry James were still with us, he'd not only approve of Paris, He Said, he could have written it himself, though without his serpentine syntax. It's a delicious treat, studded with wise and beautifully observed detail, that places side by side those perpetually fascinating antagonists, the eager, casual American and the meticulous, pleasure-driven French. Christine Sneed knows everyone's intimate secrets and her book is lively, amusing, and, ultimately, kind to pretty much all of them.”

Ifs Knows Kind Said Stills Book Sides Pleasure Secret Wise Written Treats Details Driven Paris Intimate Fascinating Delicious Casual Amusing Lively Antagonist Syntax Meticulous Christine

Author:Rosellen Brown

“The Pall Mall Gazette is written by gentlemen for gentlemen.”

Written Gentleman Malls

Author:William Makepeace Thackeray

“As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American leadership is critical to the success of the U.N., an effective U.N., one that is true to the original intent of its charter's framers.”

Knows Writing Years Written Criticism Originals Critical Consistently Stressed Charter Framers American Leadership

Author:John Bolton

“The Book of Mormon is no fake. I know what I know. I have seen what I have seen and I have heard what I have heard. I have seen the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon is written. An angel appeared to me and others and testified to the truthfulness of the record, and had I been willing to have perjured myself and sworn falsely to the testimony I now bear I could have been a rich man, but I could not have testified other than I have done and am now doing for these things are true.”

Knows Men Has Beens Book Done Rich Records Written Heard Willing Bears Angel Gold Fake Plates Testimony Could Have Been Truthfulness Rich Man

Author:Martin Harris

“I would be ashamed to admit to the Indians that, where I come from, the women do not feel themselves capable of raising children until they read the instructions written in a book by a strange man.”

Men Feels Children Book Would Be Written Strange Capable Ashamed Instruction Raising Children Strange Man

Book:The Continuum Concept: Allowing Human Nature to Work Successfully

Source: The Continuum Concept: Allowing Human Nature to Work Successfully

“I have people constantly come up to me telling me that I have written their life. When I wrote the story I thought it was a pretty good story but I had no idea that many people felt like that.”

People Ideas Stories Felt Written Come Up No Idea Good Story

Author:Blackie

“I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.”

Children Book Hope Reading Written Goes On Reader Happy Reading Books Joy Of Reading

Author:Beverly Cleary

“Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while recording and appearing as a solo artist as well. Unnur has joined me as an unpaid guest on a few Icelandic shows in recent years, so it is a great pleasure to return the favour and appear on one of her songs at last. This new track, Sunshine, came about in Italy, written as an ode to sunlight and happiness after fleeing the dark winter in Iceland”

“Israel is the very embodiment of Jewish continuity: It is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago. You dig the soil and you find pottery from Davidic times, coins from Bar Kokhba, and 2,000-year-old scrolls written in a script remarkably like the one that today advertises ice cream at the corner candy store.”

“The only way you can invent tomorrow is if you break out of the enclosure that the school system has provided for you by the exams written by people who are trained in another generation.”

People Ifs Way School Break Written Generations Tomorrow Break Out Exam School System Enclosure

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Snooki is a bestselling author? Huh? What? I don't know if I should dumb down my book, shoot myself or find a publisher who'll settle for a rough draft written on a Pop-Tart and a coconut lotion handie.”

Ifs Knows Should Book Written Pops Dumb Settling Rough Publishers Coconuts Tarts Lotion Rough Drafts Snooki

Author:Geoffrey Hill

“God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of my family so demean themselves. How can one tell who might read it? No worthy book has ever been written for gain, I think.”

Thinking Should Book Might Suffering Written Gains My Family Shame Worthy Publishing

Book:An Instance of the Fingerpost

Source: An Instance of the Fingerpost

“Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities - engrossing, beautifully written and utterly enchanting. If you choose to read just one novel this year, this is it”

Ifs Years Night Novel Written Just One Spells You Choose Circus Escaping Enchanting Rarity Night Circus

Author:Danielle Trussoni

“What is important-what lasts-in another language is not what is said but what is written. For the essence of an age, we look to its poetry and its prose, not its talk shows.”

Looks Said Important Shows Age Lasts Language Written Essence Prose Talk Shows

Author:Peter Brodie

“What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age.”

Looks Age Lasts Literature Written Essence

Author:Peter Brodie

“Face your fears, endure its pain and they will be re-written in the form of pride and dreams.”

Dream Pain Faces Form Written Pride Endure Face Your Fears

Author:Greg Plitt

“Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much alive, and can still tell how silly this all is: him dressed up as someone else speaking words written by a third party.”

Stills Seems Actors Party Alive Written Prove Opposites Thirds Silly Corpses Dressed Up Third Parties

Author:Antony Sher

“I've been quoting the book [on Peter Sutcliffe] constantly in rehearsals. Some members of the cast have stated their disapproval that it should even have been written. Some of the women have expressed more - disgust and anger. What are they saying? They'd prefer not to know, not to understand? They'd prefer certain areas of life to be censored? Isn't that partly what breeds the Sutcliffes and the Nilsens?”

Knows Should Has Beens Book Certain Written Members Areas Casts Peter Disgusting Rehearsal Disapproval Quoting Censored

Author:Antony Sher

“The trouble with poetry is it's often written to the sound of a drum only the poet may hear; nonetheless, blessed are those poets who always manage to find unshakeable pleasure in their own works.”

May Sound Pleasure Written Trouble Poet Blessed Manage Poetry Is Blessed Are Those

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as much to maintain it. One who has written a good book, is expected on all occasions to "talk like a book." Or, if one has achieved an act of heroism, he is expected to perform acts of heroism for the edification of all who approach him. There are people who can never believe they see a lion unless they hear him roar.”

People Ifs Believe Mean Book Happens Written Approach Labor Expected Reputation Occasions Lions Heroism Good Book Edification All Occasions Acts Of Heroism

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but the stories I was telling then were in narrative verse and prose poems, short and succinct, except for one novel-length poem written in narrative couplets.”

Writing Play Stories Careers Novel Written Narrative Prose Length Verses Couplets

Author:Charles de Lint

“My theory about writing is that one should write books you'd like to read, but no one else has written yet. So, as long as I stick with that, I'm entertaining myself, and then hopefully my readers as well. I hope to god I realize that I'm repeating myself, if I ever do. But if I don't, I'm sure my readers will let me know.”

Ifs Knows Should Writing Wells Long Book Realizing Written Theory Reader Let Me Sticks Hopefully Entertaining

Author:Charles de Lint

“Today there survives more than 25,0000 partial and complete, ancient handwritten manuscript copies of the New Testament. These hand written manuscripts have allowed scholars and textual critics to go back and verify that the Bible we have in our possession today is the same Bible that the early church possessed 2,000 years ago.”

Years Hands Today Church Written Bible Years Ago Critics Ancient Possession Copies Scholar Possessed Testament New Testament Manuscripts Verify

Author:Charlie Campbell

“Of all the poetry written in our generation, Frost's is most likely to stand the test of time”

Written Generations Tests Frost Our Generation Test Of Time

Author:Lewis Gannett

“Songs are often written by people who are witnesses to history.”

People Song Written Witness

Author:George Nethercutt

“The surrealist thinks he has outstripped the whole of literary history when he has written (here a word that there is no need to write) where others have written "jasmines, swans and fauns." But what he has really done has been simply to bring to light another form of rhetoric which hitherto lay hidden in the latrines.”

Thinking Needs Writing Has Beens Done Whole Light Form Written Lays Rhetoric Swans Jasmine Surrealist Fauns

Book:the Revolt of the Masses

Source: the Revolt of the Masses

“When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look for any other rule to judge it by; it is fine and written in a masterly manner.”

Mind Looks Feelings Reading Written Judging Fine Noble Arise Heartfelt

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“[Thanatopsis] was written in 1817, when Bryant was 23. Had he died then, the world would have thought it had lost a great poet. But he lived on.”

World Lost Written Poet Died Great Poet

Author:William C. Bryant

“How hard is it to build an intelligent machine? I don't think it's so hard, but that's my opinion, and I've written two books on how I think one should do it. The basic idea I promote is that you mustn't look for a magic bullet. You mustn't look for one wonderful way to solve all problems. Instead you want to look for 20 or 30 ways to solve different kinds of problems. And to build some kind of higher administrative device that figures out what kind of problem you have and what method to use.”