#w

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable. ↗

— Helen Gahagan

#discovering #done #duplication #established #half

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

The great recipe for success is to work, and always work. ↗

— Leon Gambetta

#great #recipe #success #success is #work

Once you are a proper, serious law-maker, you can't break the laws you're writing. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#laws #once #proper #serious #writing

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

— Angela Merkel

#dedicate #earning #knows #life #money

JJ Abrams is definitely a guy that when he calls, you want to answer. He's incredibly focused. When he was shooting the pilot on 'Lost,' we'd do a take and he'd go back to his tent and be working on the first episodes of 'Lost' as well as the cliffhanger for the eighth season of 'Alias.' He's an incredible multitasker. ↗

— Jorge Garcia

#back #calls #definitely #eighth #episodes

It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#again #back #being #go #i

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#class #games #gold #gold medal #graduated

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

— Simon Travaglia

#death #happen #inevitable #life #things

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy. ↗

— Merle Travis

#person #saddest #songs #written