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“You do not have to explain every single drop of water contained in a rain barrel. You have to explain one drop-H2O. The reader will get it.”
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George Singleton
Source : George Singleton (2008). “Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers”, p.46, Writer's Digest Books
#Rain Quotes
#Writing Quotes
#Water Quotes
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“Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk-away from any open flames-to remind yourself that if you don't write daily, you will get rusty.”
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George Singleton
Source : George Singleton (2008). “Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers”, p.59, Writer's Digest Books
#Writing Quotes
#Flames Quotes
#Desks Quotes
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“There's a ton of truth in Flannery O'Connor's notion that "Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."”
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George Singleton
Source : Source: therumpus.net
#Childhood Quotes
#Information Quotes
#Lasts Quotes
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“One day we will all cherish the memory of having blacksmiths on every corner.”
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George Singleton
Source : Source: therumpus.net
#Memories Quotes
#One Day Quotes
#Cherish Quotes
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“Gilles Deleuze believed that every society needed a madman so we could feel better about ourselves. I do my best to fill that role.”
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George Singleton
Source : Source: therumpus.net
#Feel Better Quotes
#Roles Quotes
#Madmen Quotes
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“Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write.”
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George Singleton
Source : Source: therumpus.net
#Writing Quotes
#Trying Quotes
#Want Quotes
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“I don't smoke because I like to do so, but because it makes me pay cigarette taxes, which helps build roads and water supplies.”
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George Singleton
Source : Source: therumpus.net
#Water Quotes
#Pay Quotes
#Helping Quotes
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“Think about all the selfish non-smokers out there, driving around on asphalt, drinking water out of the tap, not even thinking about how smokers' taxes help pay for it all.”
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George Singleton
Source : Source: therumpus.net
#Selfish Quotes
#Drinking Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
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“I have to deal with seven ex-stray dogs, and one ex-stray cat. One dog is nearing nineteen years old. Before I go to teach, he likes for me to tell him bedtime stories.”
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George Singleton
Source : Source: therumpus.net
#Dog Quotes
#Cat Quotes
#Years Quotes
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“I'm a bad, inconsistent person, but at least I'm not a member of the Tea Party griping incoherently about too much government, but flashing my Medicare card every other day to a doctor because I'm 400 pounds overweight.”
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George Singleton
Source : Source: therumpus.net
#Party Quotes
#Doctors Quotes
#Government Quotes
