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Essays Quotes

One can imagine a world without essays. It would be a little poorer, of course, like a world without chess, but one could live in it Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own terms Picture Quote #1

I’ve determined the ideal job for me is one where I can write clever essays about my life and my employer will give me enough money not only to live a comfortable existence, but also to buy many, many new pairs of shoes Picture Quote #1

I won’t say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I’m going to be if I grow up Picture Quote #1

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn’t sure of it Picture Quote #1

Bacon is throughout, and especially in his essays, one of the most suggestive authors who ever wrote Picture Quote #1

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People complain about my exclamation points, but I honestly think that's the way people think. I don't think people think in essays; it's one exclamation point to another Picture Quote #1

Hairwoman is torturing us with essays. Do English teachers spend their vacations dreaming up these things? Picture Quote #1

For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds Picture Quote #1

Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets Picture Quote #1

From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history Picture Quote #1

I love to run smart essays and commentary. But it doesn’t replace the other kind of reportin Picture Quote #1

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I love essays, but they’re not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience Picture Quote #1

Another benefit is that the more I blog, the more I maintain and develop a first-person voice, which translates into a much greater ease with writing personal essays Picture Quote #1

Although the point of blogging is that it doesn’t pay, I often steal from my blog for paid publication. I’ve based several magazine essays on blog posts, as well as an entire book Picture Quote #1

I’m not much a TV reporter, as in someone who covers the daily machinations of the television industry, though I certainly follow it and weave it into my reviews and essays about the medium Picture Quote #1

A foreign correspondent is someone who lives in foreign parts and corresponds, usually in the form of essays containing no new facts. Otherwise he's someone who flies around from hotel to hotel and thinks that the most interesting thing about any story is the fact that he has arrived to cover it Picture Quote #1

I am not comfortable with abstract writing, stories that look like essays: you have to see, I need to see Picture Quote #1

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I consider myself an essayist and a fiction writer. In the essays, I certainly have been influenced by some of the leading science essayists. Like Loren Eiseley, Stephen Jay Gould, Lewis Thomas Picture Quote #1

I don’t work on poems and essays at once. They walk on different legs, speak with different tongues, draw from different parts of the psyche. Their paces are also different Picture Quote #1

I’m a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there’s a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art Picture Quote #1

(Francis) Bacon’s best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short Picture Quote #1

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die Picture Quote #1

To spend this particular year reading essays to Dennis Robertson as one’s supervisor, and, simultaneously, enjoying membership of the group round Keynes was indeed an intellectual treat Picture Quote #1

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The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college Picture Quote #1

Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates Picture Quote #1

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory Picture Quote #1

Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow Picture Quote #1

Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I’m attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity Picture Quote #1

The best essays come from the moment in which people really need to work something out Picture Quote #1

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One can imagine a world without essays. It would be a little poorer, of course, like a world without chess, but one could live in it (Essays Quotes) Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own terms (Essays Quotes) I’ve determined the ideal job for me is one where I can write clever essays about my life and my employer will give me enough money not only to live a comfortable existence, but also to buy many, many new pairs of shoes (Essays Quotes) I won’t say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I’m going to be if I grow up (Essays Quotes) I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn’t sure of it (Essays Quotes) Bacon is throughout, and especially in his essays, one of the most suggestive authors who ever wrote (Essays Quotes) People complain about my exclamation points, but I honestly think that's the way people think. I don't think people think in essays; it's one exclamation point to another (Essays Quotes) Hairwoman is torturing us with essays. Do English teachers spend their vacations dreaming up these things? (Essays Quotes) For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds (Essays Quotes) Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets (Essays Quotes) From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history (Essays Quotes) I love to run smart essays and commentary. But it doesn’t replace the other kind of reportin (Essays Quotes) I love essays, but they’re not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience (Essays Quotes) Another benefit is that the more I blog, the more I maintain and develop a first-person voice, which translates into a much greater ease with writing personal essays (Essays Quotes) Although the point of blogging is that it doesn’t pay, I often steal from my blog for paid publication. I’ve based several magazine essays on blog posts, as well as an entire book (Essays Quotes) I’m not much a TV reporter, as in someone who covers the daily machinations of the television industry, though I certainly follow it and weave it into my reviews and essays about the medium (Essays Quotes) A foreign correspondent is someone who lives in foreign parts and corresponds, usually in the form of essays containing no new facts. Otherwise he's someone who flies around from hotel to hotel and thinks that the most interesting thing about any story is the fact that he has arrived to cover it (Essays Quotes) I am not comfortable with abstract writing, stories that look like essays: you have to see, I need to see (Essays Quotes) I consider myself an essayist and a fiction writer. In the essays, I certainly have been influenced by some of the leading science essayists. Like Loren Eiseley, Stephen Jay Gould, Lewis Thomas (Essays Quotes) I don’t work on poems and essays at once. They walk on different legs, speak with different tongues, draw from different parts of the psyche. Their paces are also different (Essays Quotes) I’m a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there’s a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art (Essays Quotes) (Francis) Bacon’s best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short (Essays Quotes) There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die (Essays Quotes) To spend this particular year reading essays to Dennis Robertson as one’s supervisor, and, simultaneously, enjoying membership of the group round Keynes was indeed an intellectual treat (Essays Quotes) The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college (Essays Quotes) Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates (Essays Quotes) How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory (Essays Quotes) Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow (Essays Quotes) Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I’m attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity (Essays Quotes) The best essays come from the moment in which people really need to work something out (Essays Quotes)

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