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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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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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teacher
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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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You know, young actors say all the time, Should I use my own life experience? And my response is, What choice do you have? – David Mamet

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Experience

Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Experience

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, wed all be millionaires. – Abigail Van Buren

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Experience

There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision. – Charles Schumer

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Its funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they cant afford the music. – Tom Petty

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funny

The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution – this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths. – Groucho Marx

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Life

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud. And the sky of the sky of a tree called life; Which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide. And this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart. I carry your heart. I carry it in my heart. – e.e. cummings

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Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a fairly balanced way, including George Bush senior, Gerald Ford, and others including myself and Bill Clinton. – Jimmy Carter

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Leadership