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

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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. – Benjamin Disraeli

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I dont think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because its our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us. – Hilary Swank

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Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before. – Catherine Deneuve

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Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement. – Jim Horning

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Giving governors more leeway in administering health care could represent a small, positive development in the ongoing saga of Obamacare. Unfortunately, instead of choosing flexibility, President Obama and his left-leaning advisers always default to rigid Washington knows best answers. – Fred Upton

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Americans no longer look to government for economic security rather, they look to their portfolios. – Bill Owens

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