Thursday, February 15, 2007

Ten great quotes and proverbs

1.A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.-James Dickey
2.Thoughts fly and words go on foot.Therein lies all the drama of a writer.-Julien Green
3.He who knows nothing doubts nothing.-Italian proverb
4.A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night;a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries.-Chinese proverb
5.Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.-Derek Walcott.
6.A major reason intellectuals tend to move toward collectivism is that the collectivist answer is a simple one:if there's something wrong,pass
a law.-Milton Freedman
7.Caress the detail,the divine detail.-Vladimir Nabokov
8.A writer is working when he is staring out of the window.-Burton Rascoe
9.Use the right word and not its second cousin.-Mark Twain
10.Never trust the artist.Trust the tale.-D.H.Lawrence

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