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"Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be."

Ruth Park, New Zealander Author

Passion, Writing, Newzealander

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"Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be."

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"The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is."

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Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

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Tony Robbins, American Author

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Alexander Pope, English Poet

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Lyman Abbott, American Author

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Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

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Roland Barthes, French Critic

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Amar Bose, American Inventor

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"Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves."

Candace Bushnell, American Writer

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Max Cannon, American Artist

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