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Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.

~Brenda Ueland

Topics: Discouraging Down Else Everybody Everybody Else Life Peg Process Sometimes Taking Think Two Where I Think

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I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten, - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.

~Brenda Ueland

Topics: Absorb After Another Beads Child Feel Happy Kindergarten Learned Like Lord Mountain Putting Quietly Should Top Writing You

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All children have creative power.

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Topics: Children Creative Power

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This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.

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Topics: Everybody Important Learned Original Say Something Talented

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It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.

~Brenda Ueland

Topics: Ashamed Conceited Course Go Mistakes Next Timid

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Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

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Topics: Creative Families Great Husbands Impulse Particularly

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Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing.

~Brenda Ueland

Topics: Again Another Anything Cent Certain Even Keep Knew Make Never Published Still Would Writing

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The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.

~Brenda Ueland

Topics: Act Becomes Bold Continuously Dry Empty Industrious Much People Thinking Tragedy Without

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 24th, 1891

Died: March 5th, 1985

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