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In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
Edward Gibbon
Heart
Every
Resolve
Mischief
Had
He
Head
Execute
Hand
Contrive
Deed
We have seen Indians in immense numbers, and all those on this coast of the Pacific contrive to make a good subsistence on various seeds, and by fishing.
Junipero Serra
Good
Seen
Those
Immense
Indians
Seeds
Various
Make
Fishing
Contrive
Subsistence
Pacific
Coast
Numbers
I don't know how to write a novel in the world of cellphones. I don't know how to write a novel in the world of Google, in which all factual information is available to all characters. So I have to stand on my head to contrive a plot in which the characters lose their cellphone and are separated from technology.
Ann Patchett
Technology
World
Google
Lose
Plot
Characters
Write
Factual
Head
Know
How
Contrive
Information
Which
Available
Separated
Stand
Novel
I don't think you can contrive any sound.
George Shearing
You
Think
Sound
Contrive
Any
I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and Twitter to contrive fiction.
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
People
Will
Google
Think
Twitter
Severe
Habit
Reader
Blog
Contrive
Fiction
Forms
Use
The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song.
Gene Clark
Song
Writing
Contrive
Form
Realisation
Actual