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CNN Contributor Dana Loesch Defends Virginia ‘State-Sponsored Rape’ Bill As No Different Than Consensual Sex http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/02/19/428661/cnn-contributor-dana-loesch-defends-virginia-state-sponsored-rape-bill-as-no-different-than-consensual-sex/?mobile=nc
How I write by PAULO COELHO on FEBRUARY 16, 2012 On Inspiration: “I procrastinate, check some emails … then I start. I write my books very quickly because I cannot stop.” On Confidence: “You cannot sell your next book by underrating your book that was just published. Be proud of what you have.” On Simplicity: “What counts in a good story is the person inside. Keep it simple.” strong>On Trust: “Trust your reader. Don’t try to describe things. Give a hint and they will fulfill this hint with their own imagination.” On Writing: “I write the book that wants to be written. Behind the first sentence is a thread that takes you to the last.” On Expertise: “You cannot take something out of nothing. When you write a book, you use your experience.” On Critics: “Writers want to please their peers. They want to be recognized. Forget about this. Who cares? You should care to share your soul and not to please other writers who will write a review that nobody is going to read.” On Overcoming Stagna
Join with all those who experiment, take risks, fall, get hurt and then take more risks. Stay away from those who affirm truths, who criticise those who do not think like them, people who have never once taken a step unless they were sure they would be respected for doing so, and who prefer certainties to doubts. Join with those who sing, tell stories, take pleasure in life, and have joy in their eyes, because joy is contagious and can prevent others from becoming paralysed by depression, loneliness and difficulties.
A great article to be thought over and discussed! Devoted to St Valentine's Day: Valentine's Day turns passion into a scarce resource and makes us compete for our share http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/14/love-for-sale-valentines-day ***For students in Written Translation course - the translated (into Russian) version: http://www.rabkor.ru/debate/12126.html