Take Me Quotes - Page 37

• I thrive best on solitude. If I have had a companion only one day in a week, unless it were one or two I could name, I find that the value of the week to me has been seriously affected. It dissipates my days, and often it takes me another week to get over it.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Names, Two, Solitude

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.298, Yale University Press

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• When I'm creatively solving problems, I'm in my sweet spot, and nothing can take me out of that joyful present.

  Maria Semple

  Sweet, Problem, Joyful

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• In the two or three or four months that it takes me to write a play, I find that the reality of the play is a great deal more alive for me than what passes for reality. I'm infinitely more involved in the reality of the characters and their situation than I am in everyday life. The involvement is terribly intense.

  Edward Albee

  Writing, Character, Reality

  Edward Albee, Philip C. Kolin (1988). “Conversations with Edward Albee”, p.57, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one.

  Michael Helm

  Two, Long, Three

  Source: therumpus.net

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• When I post a review to book-blog.com it probably takes me - apart from writing the review, of course - 20 or 30 minutes to finish all my related tasks.But that's irregular, depending on how quickly I'm reading.

  Debra Hamel

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Source: keeperofthesnails.blogspot.com

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• I had to put the company through a reorg, raise a new round of financing, and sort of press the restart button. But my feeling was that I wasn't going to be bullied. I wasn't going to let them take me down. I had to pull myself together and move forward.

  Tamara Mellon

  Moving, Feelings, Together

  Source: www.elle.com

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• If I lose my mind again and I tell you that I'm thinking of getting married, I want you to put me in a straight jacket and take me to the beach at high tide.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Beach, Thinking, Mind

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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