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Friday, November 6, 2009

Friday Funnies

"Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination."
-Louise Brooks



"I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter." -Blaise Pascal



"Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good."
-Samuel Johnson


5 comments:

  1. B.J. AndersonNovember 6, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    Lol, love these.

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  2. PaulNovember 6, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    These are great. Funny and true!

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  3. Natalie MurphyNovember 6, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    Ahh I love the last one!!

    Btw, I gave you an award on my blog =]

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  4. Michelle GregoryNovember 7, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    when my son heard the Samuel Johnson quote, he said that if that was someone talking about my book, he was going to go pummel them.

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  5. Toni KerrNovember 7, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    Perfect quotes for NaNo!! I love the one about making a letter (nano novel in this case) long because there's no time to make it short. Soooo true. :-)

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