Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.
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He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
Now it's time to expand beyond the operational people.
Now it's time to expand beyond the operational people.
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Our best player was hanging his head. He thought we had already lost. I got four steals and we ended up winning the game.
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Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the more he is able to accomplish.
Reagan is more powerful today than when he was president.
Reagan is more powerful today than when he was president.
will miss a wonderful season. We've got a very talented bunch of people, and some of them are very young.
will miss a wonderful season. We've got a very talented bunch of people, and some of them are very young.
