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Back in my pulp-mag days, I worked from about 8:30 to noon, took an hour off for lunch, and worked again from one to three, for a work day of five and a half hours or so. I wrote 20 to 30 pages of copy in that time, doing it all first draft, so that I was able to produce a short story of 5,000-7,500 words in a single day Picture Quote #1

You can do a short film in three to four days, and then you can show it. Look at the careers you seen go either through Tropfest or outside of Tropfest. You can make a short film in a couple of days, and if it’s great, it can go in the Internet or go to a film festival like this one or another Picture Quote #1

I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn’t like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn’t her body, but whatever it was that made her body live Picture Quote #1

Something very worrying has been going on at Scotland Yard. We now know that in dealing with the phone-hacking affair at the ‘News of the World,’ they cut short their original inquiry; suppressed evidence; misled the public and the press; concealed information and broke the law. Why? Picture Quote #1

We push time from us, and we wish him back; * * * * * * Life we think long and short; death seek and shun Picture Quote #1

A decent life, even a short life, will always be far better than an exceptionally long life lived in ruin Picture Quote #1

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Love’ is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like ‘move.’ The alternative is a plague of doves, or a kind of poem in which the poet addresses his adored both as ‘love’ and as ‘guv’ - a perfectly decent solution once, but only once, in a while Picture Quote #1

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes Picture Quote #1

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true Picture Quote #1

I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I’ve come to the conclusion that we all get an education Picture Quote #1

Obama was elected on a slogan of hope and change because both were in short supply: the military exhausted by two wars, the banks failing their public trust, the U.S. Congress a comedy of dysfunction, and a federal government that seemed designed to idle on the sidelines Picture Quote #1

I want to live faster, faster, faster! ... I fear that this desire to live always at high pressure is the presage of a short existence. Who knows? Picture Quote #1

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I fall in love with something and wear it every day until it’s destroyed. My most treasured items have a very short shelf life because I love them too much Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story Picture Quote #1

I have too much drive and determination to let anything falter me. Because I know that life’s short and there’s so much that I wanna do, and I can’t do anything that might hold me back or get stuck in Picture Quote #1

Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It’s very easy when you’re a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what’s shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it’s important to find something constant Picture Quote #1

You do a movie. However long it lasts, it begins and it ends in a relatively short period of time. In a given period of time, let’s say a year, you can have three, four, or five different experiences which is exciting Picture Quote #1

Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual provision as for a siege or for a time of hectic explosions, while a short story is, or can be, a steady, timed flame like the lighting of a blow lamp on a building site full of dry tinder Picture Quote #1

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For a sampler, you could try my short story collection Wireless. Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles Picture Quote #1

Of course, there are different truths on different levels. Things are true relative to other things; long and short relate to each other, high and low, and so on. But is there any absolute truth? Something self-sufficient, independently true in itself? I don’t think so Picture Quote #1

We’re not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs at all these little organisations Picture Quote #1

A good engineering interview will include some set of difficult problems to solve. It might even require that the candidate write a short program. In addition, it will test the candidate’s knowledge of the tools she uses in great depth Picture Quote #1

Benedictine spirituality is a consistent one: live life normally, live life thouhtfully, live life profouncly, live life well. Never neglect and never exaggerate. It is a lesson that a world full of cults and fads and workaholics and short courses in difficult subjects needs dearly to learn Picture Quote #1

I think it’s a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make your mistakes and learn from them Picture Quote #1

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When someone at the State Department proclaims Facebook to be the most organic tool for promoting democracy the world has ever seen - that’s a direct quote - it may help in the short run by getting more people onto Facebook by making it more popular with dissidents Picture Quote #1

I think that people have short memories, and I think that they believe that our forbearers in the past were these Founding Fathers who were ideal and who were - would never have stooped to dirty tricks Picture Quote #1

Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly Picture Quote #1

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation - a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something Picture Quote #1

Whoever said Marriage is a 50-50 proposition laid the foundation for more divorce fees than any other short sentence in our language Picture Quote #1

Life is short. You better get out there and do what you want to do while you can Picture Quote #1

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Back in my pulp-mag days, I worked from about 8:30 to noon, took an hour off for lunch, and worked again from one to three, for a work day of five and a half hours or so. I wrote 20 to 30 pages of copy in that time, doing it all first draft, so that I was able to produce a short story of 5,000-7,500 words in a single day. (Short Quotes) You can do a short film in three to four days, and then you can show it. Look at the careers you seen go either through Tropfest or outside of Tropfest. You can make a short film in a couple of days, and if it’s great, it can go in the Internet or go to a film festival like this one or another. (Short Quotes) I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn’t like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn’t her body, but whatever it was that made her body live. (Short Quotes) Something very worrying has been going on at Scotland Yard. We now know that in dealing with the phone-hacking affair at the ‘News of the World,’ they cut short their original inquiry; suppressed evidence; misled the public and the press; concealed information and broke the law. Why? (Short Quotes) We push time from us, and we wish him back; * * * * * * Life we think long and short; death seek and shun. (Short Quotes) A decent life, even a short life, will always be far better than an exceptionally long life lived in ruin. (Short Quotes) Love’ is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like ‘move.’ The alternative is a plague of doves, or a kind of poem in which the poet addresses his adored both as ‘love’ and as ‘guv’ - a perfectly decent solution once, but only once, in a while. (Short Quotes) Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes. (Short Quotes) I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true. (Short Quotes) I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I’ve come to the conclusion that we all get an education. (Short Quotes) Obama was elected on a slogan of hope and change because both were in short supply: the military exhausted by two wars, the banks failing their public trust, the U.S. Congress a comedy of dysfunction, and a federal government that seemed designed to idle on the sidelines. (Short Quotes) I want to live faster, faster, faster! ... I fear that this desire to live always at high pressure is the presage of a short existence. Who knows? (Short Quotes) I fall in love with something and wear it every day until it’s destroyed. My most treasured items have a very short shelf life because I love them too much. (Short Quotes) I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story. (Short Quotes) I have too much drive and determination to let anything falter me. Because I know that life’s short and there’s so much that I wanna do, and I can’t do anything that might hold me back or get stuck in. (Short Quotes) Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It’s very easy when you’re a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what’s shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it’s important to find something constant. (Short Quotes) You do a movie. However long it lasts, it begins and it ends in a relatively short period of time. In a given period of time, let’s say a year, you can have three, four, or five different experiences which is exciting. (Short Quotes) Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual provision as for a siege or for a time of hectic explosions, while a short story is, or can be, a steady, timed flame like the lighting of a blow lamp on a building site full of dry tinder. (Short Quotes) For a sampler, you could try my short story collection Wireless. Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles. (Short Quotes) Of course, there are different truths on different levels. Things are true relative to other things; long and short relate to each other, high and low, and so on. But is there any absolute truth? Something self-sufficient, independently true in itself? I don’t think so. (Short Quotes) We’re not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs at all these little organisations. (Short Quotes) A good engineering interview will include some set of difficult problems to solve. It might even require that the candidate write a short program. In addition, it will test the candidate’s knowledge of the tools she uses in great depth. (Short Quotes) Benedictine spirituality is a consistent one: live life normally, live life thouhtfully, live life profouncly, live life well. Never neglect and never exaggerate. It is a lesson that a world full of cults and fads and workaholics and short courses in difficult subjects needs dearly to learn. (Short Quotes) I think it’s a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make your mistakes and learn from them. (Short Quotes) When someone at the State Department proclaims Facebook to be the most organic tool for promoting democracy the world has ever seen - that’s a direct quote - it may help in the short run by getting more people onto Facebook by making it more popular with dissidents. (Short Quotes) I think that people have short memories, and I think that they believe that our forbearers in the past were these Founding Fathers who were ideal and who were - would never have stooped to dirty tricks. (Short Quotes) Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly. (Short Quotes) A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation - a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. (Short Quotes) Whoever said Marriage is a 50-50 proposition laid the foundation for more divorce fees than any other short sentence in our language (Short Quotes) Life is short. You better get out there and do what you want to do while you can. (Short Quotes)

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