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• I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life. Maybe your childhood was grim and horrible, but grim and horrible is Okay if it is well done. Don't worry about doing it well yet, though. Just get it down.

  Anne Lamott

  Memories, Writing, Worry

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• Now the novels that are read are purely entertainment – well done, very polished, with a very effective technique – but not literature, just entertainment.

  Mario

  Technique, Done, Literature

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• Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have.

  Walter Pater

  Beauty, Art, Excellence

  Walter Pater (2013). “The Renaissance”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• I kissed him once," she whispered. "Well done. What did he do?" "Um..." Deryn sighed. "He woke up.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Done, Wells

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath”, p.1177, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.

  J.K. Simmons

  Intelligent, Zombie, Fans

  "J.k. Interview: Simmons Ponders the Paranormal in 'dark Skies,' J. Jonah Jameson's Future in 'Spider-man'". Interview with Aaron Sagers, www.mtv.com. May 30, 2013.

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• Click. The door swung open. "Three," James said with a slightly self-satisfied smile. "Well done," Caroline said. He smiled back at her. "I've never met a woman or a lock that didn't love me.

  Julia Quinn

  Doors, Self, Done

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• In my early days, I copied the great French chefs, like most chefs do. Copying is not bad. Copying and not recognizing that you are copying is bad. For me, when I go to a restaurant and am served a dish influenced by something we created at elBulli, if it's well done, it makes me extremely happy.

  Ferran Adria

  Copying, Done, Chef

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• Hey, moose!” I screamed. The Set animal locked its glowing eyes one me. Well done! Horus said. Now we’ll both die with honor! Shut up, I thought.

  Rick Riordan

  Eye, Animal, Glowing

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• You'll need to do a better job, Annabelle. No more dates like the first one tonight." "Agreed. And no more making me sit through your Power Matches introductions, either. As you so wisely pointed out, helping Portia Powers isn't in my best interests." "Then why are you still trying to talk me into seeing Melanie again?" "Hunger makes me weird." "You got rid of the last one in fourteen minutes. Well done. I'm rewarding you by letting you sit in on all the introductions from now on." She nearly choked on an ice cube. "What are you talking about?" "Exactly what I said.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Jobs, Talking, Ice

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• The book is so rich and yet it is well done. A rare achievement indeed!

  Gil Kalai

  Book, Achievement, Done

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• I really wanted to work with Luc Besson. I'm a big fan of his. Did you ever see 'The Professional.' It was very violent. But a fabulous story, a fabulous movie, very well done. So that and two or three other projects of his that I've seen, I just thought if I had a shot to work with him I wanted to do it.

  Morgan Freeman

  Two, Fans, Three

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• Copying is an art in itself, demanding the greatest technical ability, especially in watercolour. However well done, the copy invariably lacks that nascent, ineffable, but definite quality, provided by the furious enthusiasm with which an original is created, an essential spontaneity that defies reproduction.

  Walter J. Phillips

  Art, Quality, Copying

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• Avoid distant views, paint objects close up. If the foreground is well done the distance will take care of itself.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Distance, Views, Done

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• It is impossible that anything will be well understood or well done that is taken into a reluctant understanding, and executed with a servile hand.

  Joshua Reynolds

  Taken, Hands, Understanding

  Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edward Malone (1867). “The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Containing His Discourses, Idlers, A Journey to Flanders and Holland, and His Commentary on Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting; to which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by Edward Malone”, p.114

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• It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.

  Dana Fox

  Done, Comedy, These Days

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped drawing any actual line between film and television they used to never cross.

  Natalie Zea

  Thinking, Drawing, Film And Television

  "Natalie Zea of The Following". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. January 23, 2013.

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• She took my hands in her, then, and squeezed them. 'But you stayed where you were meant to be, and you didn't listen to them. Well done. That's quality, that is,' and she sounded proud. In that moment I forgot my hunger and I forgot my fear.

  Neil Gaiman

  Hands, Quality, Done

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• The good gardener knows with absolute certainty that if he does his part, if he gives the labour, the love, and every aid that his knowledge of his craft, experience of the conditions of his place, and exercise of his personal wit can work together to suggest, that so surely will God give the increase. Then with the honestly-earned success comes the consciousness of encouragement to renewed effort, and, as it were, an echo of the gracious words, 'Well done my good and faithful servant'.

  Gertrude Jekyll

  Love, Faith, Encouragement

  Gertrude Jekyll (2011). “Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur”, p.6, Cambridge University Press

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• If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.

  Kate Smith

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Stories

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• There are chefs who are spectacular technicians, and often their food is worth eating once or twice, but if there's no heart in it, if there's no personality in it, it's not something you want to go back for. But heart without any skill at all? All the heart in the world ain't gonna help you if you can't peel an onion, or if you don't understand how to apply heat properly. A well-done steak is a well-done steak.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Heart, Skills, Personality

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. January 8, 2008.

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• Now that I'm a professional writer it's a little more difficult to enjoy a movie if it's not well done and a lot of the horror movies are not great, but when something's really good, like I really loved The Conjuring. That just scared the bejesus out of me.

  David Hayter

  Done, Littles, Scared

  Source: collider.com

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• The public always loves anything that's different, as long as it's well-made, if it's well-done. You never know what to expect when you go to one of these so-called superhero movies.

  Stan Lee

  Long, Superhero, Different

  "Stan Lee Delves Into the Past of Iron Man". Press conference, www.movieweb.com. September 30, 2008.

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• All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.

  Anna Quindlen

  Inspiring, Done, Want

  Anna Quindlen (2002). “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”, Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House Group)

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• Hillary called and it was a lovely call. And it was a tough call for her. I mean, I can imagine. Tougher for her than it would have been for me and for me, it would have been very, very difficult. She couldn`t have been nicer. She just said, "Congratulations, Donald.
  Well done." And I said, "I want to thank you very much. You were a great competitor." She`s very strong and very smart.

  Donald Trump

  Strong, Smart, Congratulations

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• It was my notion that teaching had to be thorough, it had to be well done, and it had to connect to something beyond the classroom; life.

  David C. Driskell

  Teaching, Done, Classroom

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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