Quote by Samuel Butler
Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enem

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. – Samuel Butler

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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth. – Samuel Butler

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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. – Samuel Butler

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Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work. – Cindy Sherman

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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. – Booker T. Washington

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The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard days work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words. – J. K. Rowling

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You only live once – but if you work it right, once is enough. – Joe E. Lewis

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