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I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected. Louise Brown
Book Goodness Perfect Selection Had Studied Bought Wrote Thank Thank Goodness Short Fiction Romantic Decided Story Formula Them Then Figured Novels Found Rejected
I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one. Luc Besson
Made Able Something Fact Could Main Concern Prove Short Short Film In Fact Wanted Show Film
I will take a short time out from being in Parliament when the baby is born but I'll still be doing my constituency work - just with another baby in tow. Lucy Powell
Work Time Will Baby Out Born Parliament Take Tow Another Still Doing Short Just Being Short Time
In the end, I'm really interested in people and what we do with our short time here on earth. I'm interested in the human soul. Luis Alberto Urrea
Time Soul People Our Earth End Human Short In The End Short Time Interested Really Human Soul Here
My hair is certainly not copious, and I keep it short, always - it's buzzed twice a week. Luke Goss
Hair Week Always Short Certainly Keep Twice Twice A Week
I went to high school every single day in an all-male Jesuit school at McQuaid with short hair, no beard, suit jacket, tie. Luke Harper
Day Beard School Short Hair Hair Single Every High High School Tie Single Day Jacket Short Every Single Day Suit
Collections aren't really planned. I just keep writing short pieces until I have enough for a collection. Lydia Davis
Writing Enough Collection Collections Pieces Until Short Just Really Planned Keep
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. Lynn Abbey
Me Writing Than Short Short Story Story Much Novel Harder
I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium. Lynn Abbey
Read Lot Dense Short Stories Short Stories Century Really Helium Novel Filled Novels
I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller. Lynn Coady
Win Thought Collection Would Never Short Stories Short Stories
I'm always writing across the same themes. But with short stories, I'm doing something different than with novels. In some ways, they're coming from a much deeper place. Lynn Coady
Writing Ways Some Something Always Coming Doing Than Same Short Different Stories Short Stories Place Themes Much Across Novels Deeper
I really do believe some people are naturally novelists and some people are short story writers. For me, when I was in middle school or high school, I started with novels. M. K. Hobson
Me People School Some People Believe High Some High School Writers Short Middle Middle School Short Story Story Really Naturally Novelists Novels Started
Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years. MS Dhoni
Life You Money Cricket Through Make Shelf Shelf Life Years Very Five Survive Short Sixty To Survive Average Need
I've always liked the really short dresses that are tight up top and poofy at the bottom. Madison Beer
Top Dresses Bottom Liked Tight Always Up Short Really
People would expect me to be this ditzy, bubblegum-pop girl. I was selling myself short. Madison Beer
Myself Me People Girl Would Selling Expect Short
The trouble with records is that they're too short. Mahalia Jackson
Trouble Too Records Short
Take the great example of the four-minute mile. One guy breaks it, then all of a sudden everyone breaks it. And they break it in such a short period of time that it can't be because they were training harder. It's purely that it was a psychological barrier, and someone had to show them that they could do it. Malcolm Gladwell
Time Great Training Example Everyone Great Example Purely Someone Guy Could Take Had Period Because Were Short Short Period Break Psychological Breaks Them Then Mile Show Barrier Sudden Harder
Long hair, for me, is actually less maintenance. I went through a phase when I was kid where I wanted a pixie cut. At the time I thought it looked awesome, but I look back and I looked like such a dork! When I have short hair, I feel like I have to blow dry it, or it doesn't sit properly. Mallory Jansen
Time Me Short Hair Thought Long Hair Sit Awesome Back Kid Properly Long Hair Through Feel Maintenance Like Look Looked Dry Blow Short Where Wanted Dork Cut Less Actually Phase
I truly believe that one of the reasons why I look and feel so well is because I've very few inhibitions. I don't care about age. Life is too short to worry about what other people think. Mamie Van Doren
Life Age Life Is Too Short People Care Few Believe Think Too Other Worry About Feel Look Well Because Truly Very dont Care Short Inhibitions Reasons Why
In short, software is eating the world. Marc Andreessen
World Software Eating Computers Short
I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program. Margaret Atwood
Funny Own Twitter Bit Having Like Particularly Because Very Short Informative Little Little Bit Your Radio Program
I get sort of short with people and start grumbling and clearing my throat - in honor of my father - when I'm impatient. It's very charming. Maria Bamford
People Father Honor Charming Impatient Throat Clearing Sort Very Get Short Start Grumbling
I'd love to see more novels and short stories where the characters have their own folklore that isn't the Plot-Bearing Prophecy of Doom. Marie Brennan
Love Own Characters Folklore See More Prophecy Short Doom Where Stories Short Stories Novels
The two times I have cut my hair shorter, I've ended up out of work - so short hair is not an option. Marie Helvin
Work Short Hair Hair Out Up Times Option Ended Short Cut Two
When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short; there's no history to fall back on. Mariel Hemingway
Life History Experience Fall Back Life Experience Reacting Well Because Real Very Child Child Actors Situations Short Just Act Acting Actor
Had Elizabeth Bennet known how wildly Darcy's heart beat for her, 'Pride and Prejudice' would barely have made it into a short story. Their torturously slow-burning romance is a classic example of how men and women still struggle to communicate the most basic of emotions. Mariella Frostrup
Struggle Heart Women Emotions Communicate Pride Made Men Men And Women Example Wildly Would Classic Classic Example Beat Pride And Prejudice Had Most Known How Still Short Romance Short Story Story Prejudice Barely Her Basic Elizabeth
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