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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"

Pat Conroy, American Writer

Freedom, When, Independence, Write

"The knowledge of God gives a person the opportunity to not be a slave to wealth."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Freedom, God, Knowledge, Wealth

"When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Freedom, Control, Truth, Wisdom

"If we preach God, it means we preach light. Consequently we preach freedom from ignorance."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Freedom, Preaching, God, Light

"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

Freedom, Name

"Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else. Only then are you free to serve and enjoy other people."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

Freedom, Misery, Obstacle, Service

"Don't become a prisoner of your own reality, set yourself free by creating a life worth living."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Freedom, Reality, Creation, Life

"Freedom for freedoms sake."

R. Alan Woods, American Author

Freedom, Autonomy, Philosophy, Liberty

"According to most philosophers, God in making the world enslaved it. According to Christianity, in making it, He set it free. God had written, not so much a poem, but rather a play; a play he had planned as perfect, but which had necessarily been left to human actors and stage-managers, who had since made a great mess of it."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Freedom, God, World, Play

"The necessity of creation is the sovereign power of choice."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Freedom, Choice, Creation, Power

Explore more quotes by David Allan Coe

"Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own."

Children

"It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time."

Beauty

"Everybody started saying, well, this cat's not as dumb as people think he is."

People

"I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about."

Music

"If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination."

Class

"I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile."

Hair

"Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life."

Life

"All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality."

Equality

"Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away."

Freedom