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You go through stages in your career that you feel very good about yourself. Then you feel awful, like, 'Why didn't I choose something else?' But overall I'm pretty satisfied that I made the right choice when I decided to be an actor. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#actor #awful #career #choice #choose

Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops. ↗

— David Hackworth

#bay #beltway #care #fervor #game

Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy. ↗

— David Hackworth

#develop #eliminate #enemy #fortunately #global

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#books #even #general #i #i think

Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there. ↗

— David Hackworth

#course #imperative #iraq #our #quickly

Our fumbling government's response since Beirut - during both Republican and Democratic administrations - has been to cut and run, or to flat ignore this growing threat, apparently hoping it would go away. ↗

— David Hackworth

#away #been #beirut #both #cut

After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#again #agent #anywhere #draft #editor

Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#back #come #draft #eyes #figure

I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#fact #go #i #imaginative #kids

It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#characters #else #everything #flexibility #freedom