Quotes by Writing That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. Barack Obama simpledreamwriting Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper - but you might not know it until you write that English paper - that English class paper that's assigned to you. Barack Obama writingclassbook You don't need to see my birth certificate, or my college records, or my legal writings, or... anything. Barack Obama collegewritingneeds Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers. Barack Obama oilwritingcountry But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home that's no excuse ... Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future. Barack Obama destinyhomewriting Our resources may be finite, but our will is infinite, and I am confident that if we come together and summon that great American spirit once again, we will meet the challenges of our time and write the next great chapter in our American story. Barack Obama moneychallengeswriting Basically, I am a night owl. My wife is an early bird, so she goes to bed around 9:30, and my kids are in bed about 8. So, if I am home, I will usually start writing about 9:30 and go till about 12:30 or 1:30, depending on what my energy level is. Barack Obama homewritingkids When I was in Washington, I would usually get home from the Capitol at about 7:30 or 8, and I would try to write as much as possible. It was almost all in the wee hours. Barack Obama homewritingtrying What I'm thinking about are the millions of people, many of whom write me very personal letters :"Dear Mr. President: I did not vote for you. I was against Obamacare. And then my son who didn't have health insurance signed up and we just found out that he had an illness. And thankfully he's now covered, otherwise he might not have gotten treatment and I might have lost my house." Barack Obama writingsonthinking Write anything you want because we'll never be heard from again. Barack Obama heardwantwriting If you're reading something from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist next to some guy in his underwear writing in his basement, or his mom's basement, on text, it looks like it's equally plausible. Barack Obama momreadingwriting I am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is where I do my editing. I find that if I write it on the computer, I go too quick. So I like getting that first draft out and then typing it in; you are less self-conscious about it. Barack Obama selfeditingwriting Here's the beauty of a camera: you don't have to come up with words for what you're looking at... Maybe another angle is needed sometimes. When we're burned out from writing, we can photograph or draw, look at the world in a different way, and photographers could try writing what they see. Barbara Abercrombie cameraswritingtrying Writing can be a lonely business. But gradually your characters, or the scenes and peopl from your past, begin to rise up around you, and you find yourself writing your way out of loneliness, writing into your own company. Barbara Abercrombie lonelylonelinesswriting If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, "You can't do this. Write an op-ed." Barbara Boxer editorspieceswriting I've always thought of myself as a catalyst. Look, it's not without its perils. Ann Coulter called me "learning disabled." The things people write about me. Barbara Boxer writingpeoplelooks Some people play golf. Some are artists, Some jog. I like to write. Barbara Boxer artistwritinggolf Because I'm a "strong person," the symptoms hit me by surprise. It was, as I write in the book, stinging in my eyes after Sunday that I thought was an allergy, until one day I sat in the car and decided to just let my eyes tear up so that whatever was in them would come out, and what came out were tears that wouldn't stop. It was literally a physical reaction that was my first indication there was anything wrong. Barbara Brown Taylor strongwritingbook If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today. Barbara Bush writingcountrypeople Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend. Barbara Bush worrywritingpeople«123124125126127128129130131132133»
