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Baltic Byline by Mike Collier

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After five minutes the real journalists had stopped taking notes and adopted the glassy-eyed meditation technique that is one of the key skills required of their profession.

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“Some people's happiness is always other people's kitsch.”
― Pascal Bruckner, Perpetual Euphoria: On the Duty to Be Happy

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“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”
― William Faulkner, Essays, Speeches & Public Letters

tags: freedom

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“What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

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“A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.”
― Richard Bach

tags: editing, richard-bach, writing

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“Upbeat people have no need of pleasantries. They barely notice them. Only the tired and depressed truly appreciate good manners, and cling to them in desperation.”
― Mike Collier, Baltic Byline

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