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Don’t be afraid to discard work you know isn’t up to standard. Don’t save junk, just because it took you a long time to write it.

David Eddings

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
Novelist
Writer
Spokane
Washington
David Carroll Eddings
Work
Junk
Long
Standard
Time
Save
Standards
Afraid
Took
Write
Writing
Discard

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If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself.
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