Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it. - Shel Silverstein

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I know there are writers who get up every morning and sit by their typewriter or word processor or pad of paper and wait to write. I don't function that way. I go through a long period of gestation before I'm even ready to write.

Shel Silverstein

Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.

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The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong. " No teacher, preacher, parent, friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you--just listen to The voice that speaks inside.

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There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.

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Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

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Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me. . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

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What did the carrot say to the wheat? Lettuce rest, I'm feeling beet.

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