"I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in."

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"I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in."

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"I was required by Capital to release one every six months and the fastest I could do with all my touring was every nine months, and it would spook me every time because I never had what I needed and I really didn't want to do covers."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

Time, Months, Want

"I thought that the administration needed bipartisan support, and I was for our commander-in-chief. Because I felt at that time it was the right thing do. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never voted for the war."

Ken Lucas, American Politician

Time, War, Thought, Now

"When you think about great teams, The Beatles and the Pythons immediately spring to mind. The Pythons were as much a part of their time as The Beatles."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

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"It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act."

Russ Carnahan, American Politician

Time, People, Act

"Being a full time coach doesn't mean that we practice more than other teams. In fact we have strict regulations about the length of our practices and playing season. The academic schedule here means that I rarely have a full team at any one practice!"

Tony Brown, American Basketball Player

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"A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon."

Gregory Nunn, American Athlete

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"When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

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"I'm not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house."

Tom Osborne, American Politician

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"I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a book coming out when it's supposed to."

Kevin J. Anderson, American Writer

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"Prejudices save time."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

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"The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression."

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"I always want to write something better than the last book."

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"I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read."

Writing

"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."

Time

"If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you."

Family

"Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru."

Health

"In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place."

Travel

"I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way."

Leadership

"Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living."

Being

"You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness."

Happiness