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Writing tip Wednesday: “Artist”

What it takes to be the best.

What it takes to be the best.

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Food for literary thought

Philip Pullman

Phillip Pullman

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”

–Philip Pullman

http://www.philip-pullman.com/

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Writing quotes: Asimov, Bradbury

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. –Isaac Asimov

You must stay drunk on writing, so reality doesn’t destroy you. –Ray Bradbury

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Quote of the day — programming

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
–Rich Cook

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Mark Twain quote on writing

Mark Twain photo

photo of Mark Twain

“The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.” —Mark Twain

And somehow, if you don’t know who Mark Twain is, here’s where you can get a clue: Mark Twain.

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Writing quote for the day

“One of the greatest pleasures in writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then comes the saddening realization that such people rarely read.” —John Kenneth Galbraith

Click on John Kenneth Galbraith to learn a little more about him.

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A thought on the computer

“Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth.” —Dave Barry

To learn more about Dave Barry, American writer and humorist, go to Dave Berry’s Official Website

Computers can be a pain to get to work right

Buying the right computer is often a challenge.

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