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getting somewhere

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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. James Thurber

[I]f one day I look out from my cabin's porch and see a row of windmills spinning in the distance, I won't curse them. I will praise them. It will mean we are finally getting somewhere. David Suzuki

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere. Charles Kettering

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. Chauncey Depew

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there. Will Rogers

I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so painful they can just barely bring themselves to write about it. A writer has to draw blood. Robert Morgan

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