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Karate1kid
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“Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.”
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“Killing is just one of a lot of things people ought to do for themselves, but end up paying somebody else to do for them. They pay some pimp to provide a woman who will go to bed with them, and they buy a fancy car and hire somebody to drive it for them. That's no way to live, but their mistake is a fortune for people like us. Do your own killing, drive your own car, find your own girls.”
― The Informant
― The Informant
“The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.”
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“All dogs wanted to be good dogs, no matter how unpromising they seemed. You just had to help them find a way.And they were sunshine creatures. When their master opened his eyes in the morning it was their signal that the day had begun, and a day was to be greeted with joy and intense interest.”
― The Old Man
― The Old Man
“Question asked of Thomas Perry.
What is the most important thing
that you have learned in your writing experience, so far?
"If any writer is going to be remembered after he’s gone, it will be for the parts of his work that are absolutely original, and would never have existed if he hadn’t written them. So if you’re writing a scene that you’ve read, watched, or heard before, then you’re wasting your time and your reader’s.”
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What is the most important thing
that you have learned in your writing experience, so far?
"If any writer is going to be remembered after he’s gone, it will be for the parts of his work that are absolutely original, and would never have existed if he hadn’t written them. So if you’re writing a scene that you’ve read, watched, or heard before, then you’re wasting your time and your reader’s.”
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