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No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevi

No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isnt yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. – Roddy Doyle

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Schools dont really allow failure and yet its a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. – Roddy Doyle

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Failure
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Roddy Doyle
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When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself – am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do. – Roddy Doyle

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You cant dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing. I can tell you from experience, though. Sometimes it hurts like hell. – Terry Bradshaw

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Experience

Another way of judging the value of a prophets religious experience, therefore, would be to examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message. – Muhammad Iqbal

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Experience

Looking back, you realize that everything would have explained itself if you had only stopped interrupting. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Experience

Climb the ladder of dead mistakes to your goal. – Terri Guillemets

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Experience

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I realised I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run. – David Rudisha

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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the bodys total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? – Dag Hammarskjold

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As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Oh, one world at a time! – Henry David Thoreau, when asked about afterlife

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