Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.
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Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one. NOW IS GOOD It came down to the guys that are going the hardest. We had a five-on-three where I didn't like the ... LINDY RUFF See the world for what it is. BEAUTIFUL! ANTHONY T. HINCKS Things don’t have significance: they only have existence. Things are the only hidden meaning ... ALBERTO CAEIRO It reminds one of the Book of Job, where one calamity after another is visited on the church of Phoe... JOSEPH GALANTE They say that a part of you dies when a special Loved One passes away...I disagree...I say a part of... DANIEL YANEZ That is one of the reasons one enjoys acting. Now and again, you get scenes where you work with some... ALBERT FINNEY The NHL as an opportunity is obviously one where the level of competition is as good as it gets. It'... GAVIN HARVEY Life is a racket. Writing is a racket. Sincerity is a racket. Everything's a racket. NICK TOSCHES She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He had a harder time helping her out though. He was asleep while she was doing stars. Without wings,... LAURIE FRANKEL That one wasn't bad. It was in on his hands, where I wanted it. But he's a good hitter. VICTOR SANTOS Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS it's always important to do what you want, Life is too short to live with Regrets. SHELLI THOMPSON Life is a school of probability. WALTER BAGEHOT This life is a process of learning. LAURYN HILL Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. ANNE WILSON SCHAEF Everybody in life is a chameleon. MELANIE CHISHOLM His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING I wanted to tell you that I just--I miss you. And maybe that sounds ridiculous--like we barely know ... 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The many, many leaves all twinkling?--three
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