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What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable. ↗

— Andre Gide

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Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have dedicated too much of my life to writing, and have therefore neglected other aspects of my being. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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What kind of moron would go to work for half the amount of money, when they could sit at home and collect what's written in a contract? ↗

— Bill Goldberg

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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#could #critic #how #shall #show

I've written a couple screenplays and half-finished plays. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

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I don't think I could have written what I did any earlier. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

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War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups. ↗

— Jane Goodall

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We do not get to this age to be written off. Older people can act as a support system, which is what happens more in Mediterranean countries. People become much wiser as they get older and we should value that. ↗

— Susan Hampshire

#age #become #countries #get #happens

He asked my girlfriend if we could come over and sing some of the songs that we had written, which we did. After he heard the songs, he said that he knew someone in the record business by the name of Bob Shad. ↗

— Phil Harris

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But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs. ↗

— Gregory Harrison

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