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Tracy Kidder Quotes

Outside, the afternoon sun was an orange sliver on an icy horizon Picture Quote #1

Don’t worry about being worried. You’re heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else Picture Quote #1

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that’s really worth the time and effort you’ll put in Picture Quote #1

Obviously, computers have made differences. They have fostered the development of spaceships- as well as a great increase in junk mail Picture Quote #1

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia Picture Quote #1

I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I’ve ever met... He’s the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way Picture Quote #1

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I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It’s almost like his story sort of fell in my lap Picture Quote #1

Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid Picture Quote #1

When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it Picture Quote #1

My big struggle is how people can not care, erase, not remember Picture Quote #1

Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange Picture Quote #1

Among a coward’s weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all Picture Quote #1

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The only real nation is humanity Picture Quote #1

Writing is revision. All prose responds to work Picture Quote #1

Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living Picture Quote #1

People say you can’t teach writing, but I think thats nonsense Picture Quote #1

If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you Picture Quote #1

I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass Picture Quote #1

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I always want to write something better than the last book Picture Quote #1

I’ve gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I’m gonna go mad Picture Quote #1

That’s when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I’m helping people Picture Quote #1

Don’t worry about being worried. You’re heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else Picture Quote #1

Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru Picture Quote #1

... Attempts at imitation would put the emphasis where it didn’t belong. The goal was to improve the lives of others, not oneself Picture Quote #1

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In order to go on with our lives, we are always capable of making the ominous into the merely strange Picture Quote #1

Many people find it easy to imagine unseen webs of malevolent conspiracy in the world, and they are not always wrong. But there is also an innocence that conspires to hold humanity together, and it is made of people who can never fully know the good that they have done Picture Quote #1

In the early days, computers inspired widespread awe and the popular press dubbed them giant brains. In fact, the computer’s power resembled that of a bulldozer; it did not harness subtlety, though subtlety went into its design Picture Quote #1

Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal of autonomy inside the classroom. To a degree shared by only a few other occupations, such as police work, public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid Picture Quote #1

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done Picture Quote #1

If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don’t like is bound to happen Picture Quote #1

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Outside, the afternoon sun was an orange sliver on an icy horizon (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Don’t worry about being worried. You’re heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else. (Tracy Kidder Quotes) I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that’s really worth the time and effort you’ll put in. (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Obviously, computers have made differences. They have fostered the development of spaceships- as well as a great increase in junk mail (Tracy Kidder Quotes) The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia (Tracy Kidder Quotes) I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I’ve ever met... He’s the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way (Tracy Kidder Quotes) I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It’s almost like his story sort of fell in my lap (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid (Tracy Kidder Quotes) When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it (Tracy Kidder Quotes) My big struggle is how people can not care, erase, not remember (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Among a coward’s weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all (Tracy Kidder Quotes) The only real nation is humanity (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Writing is revision. All prose responds to work (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living (Tracy Kidder Quotes) People say you can’t teach writing, but I think thats nonsense (Tracy Kidder Quotes) If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you (Tracy Kidder Quotes) I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass (Tracy Kidder Quotes) I always want to write something better than the last book (Tracy Kidder Quotes) I’ve gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I’m gonna go mad (Tracy Kidder Quotes) That’s when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I’m helping people (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Don’t worry about being worried. You’re heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru (Tracy Kidder Quotes) ... Attempts at imitation would put the emphasis where it didn’t belong. The goal was to improve the lives of others, not oneself (Tracy Kidder Quotes) In order to go on with our lives, we are always capable of making the ominous into the merely strange (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Many people find it easy to imagine unseen webs of malevolent conspiracy in the world, and they are not always wrong. But there is also an innocence that conspires to hold humanity together, and it is made of people who can never fully know the good that they have done (Tracy Kidder Quotes) In the early days, computers inspired widespread awe and the popular press dubbed them giant brains. In fact, the computer’s power resembled that of a bulldozer; it did not harness subtlety, though subtlety went into its design (Tracy Kidder Quotes) Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal of autonomy inside the classroom. To a degree shared by only a few other occupations, such as police work, public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid (Tracy Kidder Quotes) At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done (Tracy Kidder Quotes) If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don’t like is bound to happen (Tracy Kidder Quotes)

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