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Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#came #down #end #get #goal

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#happens #home #may #new #new orleans

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#like #most #prefer #preference #read

When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I? ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#book #character #character development #development #i

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#either #explodes #head #mellow #our choice

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#amending #continual #deeds #defending #democracy

Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#antagonize #cannot #global #great #learn

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#commit #fails #good #good governance #governance

China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#american #american cities #china #cities #deliver

For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#american #american people #decades #gas #had