Moving Quotes (Page 132)

Karen Russell Author

Moving

"I have friends who are capable of writing a very rough draft and then going back and embroidering - they're sort of the cathedral builders of fiction. I never really know what I'm doing, and all my pleasure's on the level of the line. It's a weird way to move forward. It's kind of like a way to caterpillar your way through these great woods. The best ones, whatever I feel like I'm writing about, some other secret thing will begin to come into focus."

Writing Moving Focus

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Karen Thompson Walker Author

Moving

"I like to edit my sentences as I write them. I rearrange a sentence many times before moving on to the next one. For me, that editing process feels like a form of play, like a puzzle that needs solving, and it's one of the most satisfying parts of writing."

Writing Moving Editing

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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar

Moving

"But the enemy has the move, and he is about to open his full game. And pawns are as likely to see as much of it as any. Sharpen your blade!"

Moving Games Enemy

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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar

Moving

"I hope I never smell the smell of apples again!" said Fili. "My tub was full of ut. To smell apples everlastingly when you can scarcely move and are cold and sick with hunger is maddening. I could eat anything in the wide world now for hours on end - but not an apple!"

Moving Smell Apples

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Ice T Rapper, Actor

Moving

"I've been in crime for a long time and I know that the actual move isn't the actual crime: the crime continues [afterwards]."

Long Moving Crime

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Ice T Rapper, Actor

Moving

"Being in the military just lets you know how helpless you are. You could train forever but you're still at the mercy of someone in the Pentagon, or somebody in the rear moving you around like a chess piece."

Moving Military Chess Pieces

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Ziggy Marley Musician

Moving

"I make music that I know that people will enjoy, and balance the ideas and philosophy that we put in music with music that when we play it live, people can move to it and groove to it."

Play Moving Philosophy

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker

Moving

"Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder."

Moving Makeup Maturity

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker

Moving

"Once you learn to do something consciously, you can move it into the subconscious and do it well. Everything you do well will be done subconsciously."

Moving Done Subconscious

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Ziggy Marley Musician

Moving

"I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow."

Moving Somewhere Else Jamaica

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Zora Neale Hurston Novelist, Anthropologist

Moving

"I am the kind of a woman that likes to move on mentally from point to point, and I like for my man to be there way ahead of me. Then if he is strong and honest, it goes on from there. Good looks are not essential, just extra added attraction."

Men Moving Strong

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