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But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.

-Seth Godin

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But This Is A Remarkable Egg, An

Seth Godin

But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.

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Your street, rich street or poor used to always be sure, on your street there's a place in your heart you know from the start can't be complete outside of the street keep moving on through the joy and the pain sometimes you got to look back to the street again would you prefer all those castles in spain? or the view of your street from your window pane?

They called themselves the souls. they told ms. olinski that they were the souls before they were a team, but she told them that they were a team as soon as they became the souls. then after a while, teacher and team agreed that they were arguing chicken-or-egg. whichever way it began--chicken-or-egg, team-or-the souls--it definitely ended with an egg. definitely, an egg.

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"between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, i will always stand on the side of the egg." yes, no matter how right the wall may be and how wrong the egg, i will stand with the egg. someone else will have to decide what is right and what is wrong; perhaps time or history will decide. if there were a novelist who, for whatever reason, wrote works standing with the wall, of what value would such works be?

I have a hard time writing. most writers have a hard time writing. i have a harder time than most because i'm lazier than most. [...] the other problem i have is fear of writing. the act of writing puts you in confrontation with yourself, which is why i think writers assiduously avoid writing. [...] not writing is more of a psychological problem than a writing problem. all the time i'm not writing i feel like a criminal. [...] it's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. especially when it goes on for years. it's much more relaxing actually to work.

Most of my work consisted of crossing out. crossing out was the secret of all good writing.

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