Journal Quotes - Page 6

• When I was growing up, I had no idea that I could possibly become a writer. I wrote endlessly in journals - a practice I maintained for a long time, well into the writing life I had no idea I could ever have.

  Dani Shapiro

  Growing Up, Writing, Practice

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Without doubt, keep a diary. From the day you're born, keep a diary, because we all forget things so quickly.

  Jilly Cooper

  Doubt, Diaries, Forget

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• I carry around a notebook that is equal parts day planner and journal. Every morning, I check to see what the agenda for the day is, and if there isn't a plan, I make one. I strive to fill the rest of the page with miscellaneous thoughts and ideas and go back through and fill sparse pages as well. If I start skipping days, I know I'm off course and need to take a step back and ground my life.

  Kit Williamson

  Notebook, Morning, Ideas

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• I found with my students they don't necessarily look at journals any more, but they print right away from the internet what's relevant to what's he doing you see.

  Ahmed H. Zewail

  Doing You, Looks, Students

  Source: www.nobelprize.org

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• If I've been hurt, I'm not one of those people who can hide it or bury it deep within. I give myself time to work through it, cry, journal, pray, call my best friends. Then I try to take a step back and get perspective. I try to remind myself of all the positive things in my life and do my best to let it go.

  Kelly Stables

  Hurt, People, Giving

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• Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.

  Alicia Keys

  Writing, Needs, Spirit

  "Alicia Keys Talks Inspiration, Family And Prayer With ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 1, 2013.

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• Even those who specialize in the history of philosophy often ignore the political and cultural context, and the natural world in which their philosophers were philosophizing. This has consequences both trivial and important. If you systematically read the last fifty years of the major journals in our discipline you would be amazed at the amount of redundancy. Most of this is unacknowledged because most of us know so little about the history of our discipline and even the subfields in which we work.

  Dale Jamieson

  Philosophy, Years, Discipline

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Oh, look at this. NBC/Wall Street Journal: "Thirty-eight percent of the American people say [Donald] Trump's comments about women disqualify him from being president."

  Rush Limbaugh

  Wall, Nbc, Eight

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals.

  Chath Piersath

  Writing, School, United States

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• Monica Langley of the "Wall Street Journal" is reporting that Donald Trump's strategy is essentially two-pronged. that he's trying to use the split in the GOP to rally his base and trying to depress Democratic turnout.

  Anderson Cooper

  Depressing, Wall, Two

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• I read letters and journal entries by [Georgia] O'Keeffe (which were infinitely more useful than any critical analysis of her work).

  Liza Campbell

  Critical Analysis, Georgia O Keeffe, Letters

  Source: newwest.net

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• I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy.

  Allison Silverman

  School, Comedy, Wanted

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I write in my own journal when something extraordinary or funny happens. And there's some nice imagery in there. I don't think of what to do with it.

  Annie Dillard

  Nice, Writing, Thinking

  "Author Interview: Annie Dillard, Author of 'The Abundance'". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. March 12, 2016.

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• My journals were a clearing house - a garbage can. Once I was writing seriously, I understood that this was the stuff that didn't belong in my work.

  Dani Shapiro

  Writing, Garbage Cans, House

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I do keep a tiny little journal in which I write passages that I read and want to hold on to. This practice is sort of the opposite of Twitter.

  Dani Shapiro

  Writing, Opposites, Practice

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Starting the blog was a way for me to generate this nonfiction first-person voice naturally, gradually, without feeling performance anxiety. It felt a bit like keeping journals when I was younger, but connecting to an instant readership without having to wait for publication made it also immediately satisfying.

  Kate Christensen

  Voice, Waiting, Anxiety

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I would rather not write if I'm depressed, or am going through a breakup, or I've had some disappointment, or I'm having a family issue. You don't want to just put out an open wound. Sometimes that just isn't even really good writing. Good writing should be good writing and storytelling and not just therapy or someone's personal journal.

  Mandy Stadtmiller

  Breakup, Disappointment, Writing

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I wrote before I could write. I got my hands on a journal, maybe a hand-me-down; I had three older siblings. My first entries are in the handwriting of the sister closets in age (5 years my senior). She must have gotten tired of my dictations because she gave up and then my blocky scrawl shows up. I wrote plays as a kid mostly.

  Julianna Baggott

  Senior, Sibling, Writing

  "The Rumpus Interview With Julianna Baggott". Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• Curiously, the balance seems to come when writing is woven into every aspect of my life, like eating or exercising - one flows constantly into the next: I'll wake up and have coffee, read the news, then write a letter or two (always in longhand), then go teach, and after teaching write a bit in a journal - dreams, what I had for breakfast and lunch and why I had it, what's on the iPod, sexual habits, etc. - then read a bit, then work on a real bit of writing...you get the idea.

  Kevin Keck

  Dream, Real, Coffee

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I keep a daily journal of whatever weird thought comes into my mind, like when I had a dream I was in North Dakota in the middle of a blizzard and for some reason the Egyptian pyramids were there, too - that I was able to shuffle into the book.

  Dan Chaon

  Dream, Book, Egyptian Pyramids

  Interview with Molly Antopol, therumpus.net. September 15th, 2009.

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• I can't work out and *not* be watching or listening to music or something. I also journal a lot. I think writing is super therapeutic. And then, hanging with my nieces and nephews. Just like baking or doing silly stuff like jumping on a trampoline, doing fun things with them, pretending I'm five with them, that makes my day.

  Khloe Kardashian

  Fun, Niece, Silly

  "From Porn to Working Out, Khloé Kardashian Thinks You Should Be 'Doing Things That Make You Happy'". Interview with Samantha Leal, www.marieclaire.com. March 4, 2016.

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• A phrase may come to me as I am walking, and, once I write it down in my journal, the rest of the poem will unravel from that catalyst.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Writing, Phrases, May

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• OK, so here's the deal. First of all, "The Wall Street Journal" was bought for $5 billion. It's now worth $500 million, OK. They don't have to tell me what to do. "The Wall Street Journal" has been wrong so many different times about so many different things. I am all for free trade, but it's got to be fair. When Ford moves their massive plant to Mexico, we get nothing. We lose all of these jobs.

  Donald Trump

  Jobs, Wall, Moving

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• [Donald] Trump suggesting to "The Wall Street Journal" that he would stop aiding the rebels fighting [Bashir] Assad.

  George Stephanopoulos

  Wall, Fighting, Rebel

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I journal for about half an hour, and by the time that's done, the business day on the East Coast has begun. The phone starts to ring, and the rest of the day is spent dealing with the business of writing. My workday is done at about 3:00.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Writing, Phones, East

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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