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I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity. ↗

— Joshua Bell

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Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

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I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know beans about babies! I don't have a license to do this.' We're just amateurs. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#babies #beans #going #him #hospital

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside. ↗

— Anne Tyler

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Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

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I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely. ↗

— Anne Tyler

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First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life. ↗

— Pat Benatar

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But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it. ↗

— Richie Benaud

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It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

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I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

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