Timothy Egan quotes
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“Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in, day out, they labor to find their voice, to learn their trade, to understand nuance and pace. And then, facing a sea of rejections, they hear about something like Barbara Bush’s dog getting a book deal.”
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“Sometimes the wind along the Pacific shore blows so hard it steals your breath before you can inhale it.”
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“I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis)”
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“The villainous sun and the starved bank did not seem related—yet.”
-- Timothy EganSource : Timothy Egan (2006). “The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl”, p.91, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“The larger question for the Northwest, where the cities are barely a hundred years old but contain three-fourths of the population, is whether the wild land can provide work for those who need it as their source of income without being ruined for those who need it as their source of sanity.”
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“You need messiness and magic, serendipity and insanity. Creativity comes from time off, and time out.”
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“Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live. Don't proselytize. Work for peace. Work at a job that offers basic human dignity. Don't hold on to negative feelings. Move calmly through life. Enjoy art, books and playfulness.”
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“Here in the Great Lakes region, a fourth year in a row of declining water levels has caused millions of dollars in losses for shipping companies, marinas and other businesses and prompted further restrictions on future water withdrawals for expanding suburbs. "A lot of people just can't believe that we may be running out of water, living this close to the Great Lakes," said Sarah Nerenberg, a water engineer with the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, which conducted the study on shortages.”
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“I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”
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“Whenever I'm about to eat meat I always see my little dog's eyes.”
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“Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.”
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“As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.”
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“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”
Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
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