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Quote by Samuel Johnson
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things f

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. – Samuel Johnson

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The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. – Samuel Johnson

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Habits
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The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson

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Time
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Getting money is not all a mans business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. – Samuel Johnson

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Business
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. РAndr̩ Gide

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Writing

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. – Anaïs Nin

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Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth. – Joan of Arc

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Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship and pass the rosy wine. – Charles Dickens

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You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully. – Phil McGraw

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But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, Ill bet youll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science. – David Brin

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