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Tracy Kidder quotes: I've gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I'm gonna go mad. I've gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I'm gonna go mad.
Tracy Kidder quotes: I'm going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season. I'm going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season.
Tracy Kidder quotes: Outside, the afternoon sun was an orange sliver on an icy horizon. Outside, the afternoon sun was an orange sliver on an icy horizon.
Tracy Kidder quotes: In order to go on with our lives, we are always capable of making the ominous into the merely strange. In order to go on with our lives, we are always capable of making the ominous into the merely strange.
Tracy Kidder quotes: What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative. What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.
Tracy Kidder quotes: How to preside over your own internal disorder? Finding the "I" that can represent the pack of you is the first challenge of the memoirist. How to preside over your own internal disorder? Finding the "I" that can represent the pack of you is the first challenge of the memoirist.
Tracy Kidder quotes: Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange. Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange.
Tracy Kidder quotes: Writing is revision. All prose responds to work. Writing is revision. All prose responds to work.
Tracy Kidder quotes: If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you. If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you.
Tracy Kidder quotes: Don't worry about being worried. You're heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else. Don't worry about being worried. You're heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else.
Tracy Kidder quotes: I felt vigorous and cheered by borrowed popularity. I felt vigorous and cheered by borrowed popularity.
Tracy Kidder quotes: When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life. When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life.
Tracy Kidder quotes: The only real nation is humanity The only real nation is humanity
Tracy Kidder quotes: The last thing I want to do is expend my energy trying to convince my own coworkers. The last thing I want to do is expend my energy trying to convince my own coworkers.
Tracy Kidder quotes: As they say, the first step in fixing something is getting it to break. As they say, the first step in fixing something is getting it to break.
Tracy Kidder quotes: If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen. If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen.
Tracy Kidder quotes: So many people, he thought, don't listen to the content of what you say but only to the noises you make. So many people, he thought, don't listen to the content of what you say but only to the noises you make.
Tracy Kidder quotes: Too much protocol. Too much protocol.
Tracy Kidder quotes: People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense. People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.
Tracy Kidder quotes: When you burn out, you lose enthusiasm. I always loved computers. All of a sudden I just didn't care. It was, all of a sudden, a job. When you burn out, you lose enthusiasm. I always loved computers. All of a sudden I just didn't care. It was, all of a sudden, a job.
Tracy Kidder quotes: I always want to write something better than the last book. I always want to write something better than the last book.
Tracy Kidder quotes: What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives. What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives.
Tracy Kidder quotes: I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass. I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.
Tracy Kidder quotes: You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.
Tracy Kidder quotes: Obviously, computers have made differences. They have fostered the development of spaceships- as well as a great increase in junk mail. Obviously, computers have made differences. They have fostered the development of spaceships- as well as a great increase in junk mail.
Tracy Kidder quotes: When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it. When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it.
Tracy Kidder quotes: Among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all Among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all
Tracy Kidder quotes: Attempts at imitation would put the emphasis where it didn't belong. The goal was to improve the lives of others, not oneself. Attempts at imitation would put the emphasis where it didn't belong. The goal was to improve the lives of others, not oneself.
Tracy Kidder quotes: Continuity is one of the things I like about New England. Continuity is one of the things I like about New England.
Tracy Kidder quotes: That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people. That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people.
Tracy Kidder quotes: The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression. The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression.
Tracy Kidder quotes: On the contrary, a company was more likely to asphyxiate on its own success. On the contrary, a company was more likely to asphyxiate on its own success.
Tracy Kidder quotes: In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place. In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place.
Tracy Kidder quotes: god gives but does not share" --haitian proverb god gives but does not share" --haitian proverb
Tracy Kidder quotes: I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam. I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.
Tracy Kidder quotes: I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard. I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.
Tracy Kidder quotes: It seemed as though Margaret hovered near Alice, aware of Alice when Alice didn't seem to be aware of Margaret. It seemed as though Margaret hovered near Alice, aware of Alice when Alice didn't seem to be aware of Margaret.
Tracy Kidder quotes: One winter night, at his home, while he was stirring up the logs in his fireplace, he muttered, "Computers are irrelevant." Building One winter night, at his home, while he was stirring up the logs in his fireplace, he muttered, "Computers are irrelevant." Building
Tracy Kidder quotes: You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved. You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.
Tracy Kidder quotes: I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read. I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.
Tracy Kidder quotes: You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming. You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.
Tracy Kidder quotes: He sniffed, and said as others had before him and others no doubt would again, I have learned never to say, 'Never again. He sniffed, and said as others had before him and others no doubt would again, I have learned never to say, 'Never again.
Tracy Kidder quotes: I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why. I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why.
Tracy Kidder quotes: By signing up for the project you agreed to do whatever was necessary for success. By signing up for the project you agreed to do whatever was necessary for success.
Tracy Kidder quotes: Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living. Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living.

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