George Eliot
Novelist, Poet, Journalist
"Don't judge a book by its cover"
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Haste Makes Waste
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Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste."
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"Take time for all things."
Jane Austen
Novelist
"Too many cooks spoil the broth"
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping."
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"I understand from my own work that haste makes waste. But I also understand that ... the creative spark dims, and then death puts it out. William Shakespeare, for instance, hasn’t produced a new play for 400 years. That, my friends, is a long dry spell."
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"I understand that each one of us works at a different speed, and has a slightly different process. I understand that these writers are painstaking, wanting each sentence-each word-to carry weight... I know it’s not laziness, but respect for the work, and I understand from my own work that haste makes waste. But I also understand that life is short, and that in the end, none of us is prolific. The creative spark dims, and then death puts it out. William Shakespeare, for instance, hasn’t produced a new play for 400 years. That, my friends, is a long dry spell."
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