Read good books. Read bad books - and figure out why you don't like them. Then don't do it when you write. If you are a science fiction or fantasy writer, going to conventions and attending panels is very useful.

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LANCE BRIGGS I came in tight and he tried to duck underneath, and I came right up under his chest. He fell back, ...
LANCE BRIGGS You'd see something and you're thinking like, 'Well, I've got to see here, even though I see the bal...
LANCE BRIGGS Everybody's fired up about what we can do.
LANCE BRIGGS Last week I was talking about wanting to finish big plays. Those are the big plays that I'm talking ...
LANCE BRIGGS Bear in mind, [Route 44] is a state highway, ... And people have to remember that we have to coopera...
DONALD BRIGGS It doesn't sound like you have an incubator.
PAUL BRIGGS Jayson Foster was dodging and spinning around which added to his speed. Jermaine Austin seemed to do...
KENT BRIGGS Earnings are a mixed bag, but it seem like tech stocks are starting to turn the corner.
DAVID BRIGGS Nearly everyone was agreeable and cooperative.
TOM BRIGGS It just feels lousy. There's a lot of reasons not to do anything.
DAVID BRIGGS This is inexcusable! I have Shannon in great shape. We were back in the gym three days after the Mer...
SHANNON BRIGGS If we need a programmer, I just go down to engineering or the signals division. For marketing people...
CLARENCE BRIGGS This site will be a clearinghouse of information on shady affiliate networks, software that generate...
CLARENCE BRIGGS It's a straightforward integration. This is a vertical integration of really very complementary comp...
FRED BRIGGS We're heading into the typically slower summer months, and it's slow already. It's hard to imagine a...
DAVID BRIGGS I came in and inherited a great team, and that got me off on a great start because we were so compet...
SHANNA BRIGGS I had outside leverage as the fullback went to the flat. I didn't think he was going to throw it. He...
LANCE BRIGGS Anyone 60 or older can join.
BIRGIT BRIGGS I know the seniors are in great hands with Leta and Angela. Leta has worked with the seniors since 1...
BIRGIT BRIGGS The building was home to the National Guard Armory until 1976 when plans to have a civic center in t...
BIRGIT BRIGGS The best advertisement for us is people telling people. If organizers have a successful event and th...
BIRGIT BRIGGS In the last few years we have more than doubled the events that take place at the center. We average...
BIRGIT BRIGGS Writers traditionally see themselves and are perceived as acting in the solitude of their rooms, doi...
JOHN BRIGGS The Enron news may have been enough to distract people today, or if not, then maybe kept investors t...
DAVID BRIGGS Investors were cautious to begin with this year, and the hurricanes are causing them to second-guess...
DAVID BRIGGS The zinc market is going to become as tight as copper. Every speculator is buying zinc now.
STEPHEN BRIGGS The bundling of SCARI++ on the SDR-4000 delivers a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) SDR modem platfor...
MARK BRIGGS Once we started making things more difficult for them, I don't think it was a coincidence that all o...
SCOTT BRIGGS John's vision and sense of dedication to supporting, planning and executing activities that enrich h...
THOMAS BRIGGS We've got a bunch of good kids and I don't want them to get a reputation for being unruly, because t...
DONALD BRIGGS What excites me about this is that we're talking. We should have done this a long time ago. This giv...
DONALD BRIGGS It will limit the negative impacts that a development could bring to the community, ... It's a pathw...
DONALD BRIGGS We've been able to come up with a piece of legislation that is going to preserve the character of ou...
DONALD BRIGGS It's time for the elected officials to do their job,
DONALD BRIGGS This is a brilliant day,
DONALD BRIGGS They want the quickest and best route so they can make money, ... We're trying not to annoy them.
DONALD BRIGGS In downtown Manhattan, maybe five acres would be worth that much. But down here, it's a bunch of mar...
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Read good books. Read bad books - and figure out why you don't like them. Then don't do it when you write. If you are a science fiction or fantasy writer, going to conventions and attending panels is very useful.

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Read good books. Read bad books - and figure out why you don't like them. Then don't do it when you write. If you are a science fiction or fantasy writer, going to conventions and attending panels is very useful.

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