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Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. ↗

— Willa Cather

#age #basic #before #fifteen #material

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. ↗

— Willa Cather

#dissolved #great #happiness #into #something

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#context #involved #larger #lost #sometimes

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. ↗

— Willa Cather

#artist #best #character #creative #deepest

Scotland is a much lighter and more fun place than I thought it was. I was miserable when I was there. But it wasn't Scotland's fault. It was my circumstances. I was - I hate to say the word humbled - but that's what it felt like. I was wrong about this place. This is a great place full of very fun people. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#circumstances #fault #felt #full #fun

The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#gay #i #legalized #married #place

When I stopped drinking, it was only because I thought if I don't stop, I'm going to die. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#die #drinking #going #i #only

There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman. ↗

— Carrie Chapman Catt

#american woman #country #does #equal #intelligence

We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points. ↗

— Wilt Chamberlain

#fascinated #numbers #points #were

I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do. ↗

— Bruce Catton

#attempt #believed #both #both sides #brave