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The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club? ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#ass #better #chair #club #down

Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#children #disappointment #early #fulfill #parents

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#committed #crime #growing #haven #increasingly

Books do furnish a room. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#furnish #room

I should just stay composed and run to the finish line. ↗

— Asafa Powell

#finish #finish line #i #just #line

What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun. ↗

— Sarah Vaughan

#competition #gun #i #i remember #out

The particular features of the photographic method of detecting atomic particles enabled us to establish the existence of transient forms of matter which had escaped recognition by other methods. ↗

— Cecil Frank Powell

#detecting #enabled #escaped #establish #existence

Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them. ↗

— Cecil Frank Powell

#been #commonly #concern #done #feel

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' ↗

— Colin Powell

#being #black #come #i #longer

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. ↗

— Colin Powell

#denominations #different #different points #fact #gay