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I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn't novel. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#because #i #new #new york #novel

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#dedicate #earning #knows #life #money

Death is inevitable, but Life - that's the tricky bit where things happen. ↗

— Simon Travaglia

#death #happen #inevitable #life #things

Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me. ↗

— Lennart Meri

#happening #i #me #really #soviet

To wait for hours to buy a train ticket or to see a doctor is accepted as a normal way of doing things. Privacy is not a great preoccupation, and this is a very crowded country. ↗

— Nancy Travis

#buy #country #crowded #doctor #doing

Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#available #cannot #consequences #food #into

We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#everyone #first #future #looking #wealthy

Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#broadway #good #i #me #then

We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel committed to their state because that state serves the citizens. ↗

— Carlos Mesa

#citizens #committed #create #feel #must

I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#another #australia #britain #california #connects