Quote by Willa Cather
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. – Willa Cather

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The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always. – Willa Cather

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The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand. – Willa Cather

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The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times. – Robert Morgan

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Old age isnt so bad when you consider the alternative. – Maurice Chevalier

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I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened. – Fidel Castro

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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. – Mark Twain, letter to Edward Dimmit, 1901 July 19th

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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought. – Isaac Newton

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Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasnt happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that. – Matt Cameron

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I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else. – Don DeLillo

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Nothing good ever comes of violence. – Martin Luther

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