Albert Einstein
14 March 1879
Alexander Graham Bell Was Born On This Day
Concentrate all your thought upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell was born on this day 3rd March 1847. Died 2nd August 1922
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Stories . . .
People think [detective stories] more ingenious than they are—on account of their method and air of method…Where is the ingenuity in unraveling a web which you yourself…have woven for the express purpose of unraveling? —Edgar Allan Poe, in a letter to Philip Pendelton Cooke
via Quote of the Day — Alec Nevala-Lee
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Ask yourself . . .
Stop asking yourself what you want, what you desire, what interests you. Ask yourself instead: What has been given to me? Ask: What do I have to give back? Then give it.
Cheryl Strayed. Taken from Brave Enough.
via Inspirational Quote # 395 — Today, You Will Write
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Born On This Day Sidney Sheldon
Born 11th February, 1917 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Sidney Schechtel.
Died 30th January, 2007 Rancho Mirage, California. U.S.
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Born On This Day J. M. Coetzee
John Maxwell Coetzee was born on this day 9th February 1940.
He was the first writer to be awarded the Booker Prize twice. Nobel Prize in Literature, and the recipient of numerous awards throughout his career.
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Charles Dickens was born on this day.
“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice . . . “
“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.”
— Edna St. Vincent Millay, American, poet, playwright, Pulitzer Prize
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Every first draft is perfect . . .
Every first draft if perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.
Jane Smiley.
via Inspirational Quote # 510 — Today, You Will Write
AM Simpson 