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There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.


Carl Hiaasen

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On no work of words now for three lean months in the bloody
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ALAN DAVIES When you're at a loss for words.
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If you can't read, walk.
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CARL WEATHERS I majored in theater at San Diego State. My one eye was on football, and my other eye was on Hollywo...
CARL WEATHERS I've been fortunate. I've worked in a lot of things where I had those kinds of experiences w...
CARL WEATHERS What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation c...
CARL STOKES My style will be management by being on the street, management by walking around. Third persons won&...
CARL STOKES All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pul...
CARL SANDBURG I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
CARL SANDBURG I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
CARL SANDBURG Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.
CARL SANDBURG Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder.
CARL SANDBURG Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
CARL SANDBURG Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
CARL SANDBURG A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awak...
CARL SANDBURG I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of...
CARL SANDBURG To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
CARL SANDBURG Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
CARL SANDBURG If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than &#...
CARL SAFINA