Most people's intuitions are drowned out by folk sayings. We have a mo…

Anne Lamott
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Most people's intuitions are drowned out by folk sayings. We have a moment of real feeling or insight, and then we come up with a folk saying that captures the insight in a kind of wash. The intuition may be real and ripe, fresh with possibilities, but the folk saying is guaranteed to be a cliche, stale and self-contained. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.113, Anchor
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