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#1

“Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.”
― Michael Crichton

tags: books, on-writing, rewritten, written

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#2

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

tags: reading, writing

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#3

“It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

tags: fellowship, gamgee, hobbit, samwise, tolkien

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#4

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

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#5

“For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.”
― a.a. milne, The World of Winnie-the-Pooh

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#6

“I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself”
― J.K. Rowling

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#7

“Aragorn: Gentlemen! We do not stop 'til nightfall.
Pippin: But what about breakfast?
Aragorn: You've already had it.
Pippin: We've had one, yes. But what about second breakfast?
[Aragorn stares at him, then walks off.]
Merry: Don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.
Pippin: What about elevensies? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?
Merry: I wouldn't count on it Pip.”
― Peter Jackson

tags: humour, lord-of-the-rings-movie

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#8

“For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men. Make them your examples, and, esteeming courage to be freedom and freedom to be happiness, do not weigh too nicely the perils of war."

[Funeral Oration of Pericles]”
― Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

tags: bravery, courage, fame, freedom, irony, pericles, sarcasm, war

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#9

“Just because a feeling is natural does not mean it should be indulged.”
― Roseanna White, A Stray Drop of Blood

tags: feelings, temptation, urge

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#10

“I tend to make my joy a private experience and hoard all the fruit for myself, forgetting that the tree doesn’t eat its own fruit but presents it to others.”
― Hayley DiMarco, The Fruitful Wife: Cultivating a Love Only God Can Produce

tags: friendship, fruit, fruit-of-the-spirit, joy, life, love, marriage

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#11

“Respect your dream.”
― Jill Williamson, Go Teen Writers: How to Turn Your First Draft into a Published Book

tags: dream, goal, hard-work, life, respect, teen, writing

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#12

“Your main character not only needs a goal, she need an inner desire.”
― Jill Williamson, Go Teen Writers: How to Turn Your First Draft into a Published Book

tags: go-teen-writers, jill-williamson, writing-tips

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#13

“Just make sure that the thing you're living for is worth dying for." --Levi”
― Jill Williamson, Captives

tags: dying, inspirational, living

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#14

“Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.”
― Steven Spielberg

tags: education, reading

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#15

“Achan carried Arman inside him. He was part of Arman's light. So was every man, woman and child in Er'Rets who believed. Alone, as one man, Achan could not succeed. But if all the people joined together...

Because the temple of Arman was his people.”
― Jill Williamson, From Darkness Won

tags: god, light, together

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#16

“The Enneagram is a tool that awakens our compassion for people just as they are, not the people we wish they would become so our lives would become easier.”
― Ian Morgan Cron, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

tags: enneagram

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#17

“Once you know the dark side of your personality, simply give God consent to do for you what you’ve never been able to do for yourself, namely, bring meaningful and lasting change to your life.”
― Ian Morgan Cron, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

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#18

“How, as John Calvin put it, “without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.” “For”
― Ian Morgan Cron, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

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“The Enneagram doesn’t put you in a box. It shows you the box you’re already in and how to get out of it.”
― Ian Morgan Cron, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

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#20

“Human beings are wired for survival. As little kids we instinctually place a mask called personality over parts of our authentic self to protect us from harm and make our way in the world. Made up of innate qualities, coping strategies, conditioned reflexes and defense mechanisms, among lots of other things, our personality helps us know and do what we sense is required to please our parents, to fit in and relate well to our friends, to satisfy the expectations of our culture and to get our basic needs met.”
― Ian Morgan Cron, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

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#21

“Ironically, the term personality is derived from the Greek word for mask ( persona), reflecting our tendency to confuse the masks we wear with our true selves, even long after the threats of early childhood have passed.”
― Ian Morgan Cron, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

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#22

“I love a lot of people, understand none of them.” Flannery O’Connor”
― Ian Morgan Cron, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

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#23

“You cannot force commitment, what you can do…You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.”
― Peter Senge

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#24

“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.”
― John Dewey

tags: education, educational-system, philosophy, teaching

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