Louis L'Amour

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“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”

― Louis L'Amour (1908-1988)

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“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning. ”

― Louis L'Amour (1908-1988)

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“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast,

and you miss all you are traveling for.”

― Louis L'Amour (1908-1988)

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“A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.”

― Louis L'Amour (1908-1988)

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“No one can "get" an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.”

― Louis L'Amour (1908-1988)

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“Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself.”

― Louis L'Amour (1908-1988)

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“We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different.”

― Louis L'Amour (1908-1988)