Quote by Ridley Pearson
As a young boy, I read Cheaper by the Dozen and immediately became

As a young boy, I read Cheaper by the Dozen and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience. – Ridley Pearson

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For the first-time novelist youve got to get up at 5:30 in the morning and write until 7, make breakfast and go to work. Or, come home and work for an hour. Everybody has an hour in their day somewhere. – Ridley Pearson

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Nature thrives on patience; man on impatience. – Paul Boese

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You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. – Stanislaw Lec

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Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. – Elihu Root

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Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct. – Phaedrus

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