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I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an end
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"I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending and I decided to go back and re-read the book and see if I could come up with an ending"

- Cory Doctorow

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This quote by Cory Doctorow speaks to the power of re-reading and reviewing a job. It recommends that when confronted with a difficult task, such as creating an ending for a book, it can be helpful to go back and re-read the book. This can assist to offer brand-new insights and ideas that may have been missed the first time around. It likewise talks to the importance of taking an action back and taking a look at a task from a various perspective. By re-reading the book, Doctorow was able to gain a new point of view and develop an ending. This quote acts as a reminder that in some cases the best services originate from revisiting a task and taking a look at it from a different angle.

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Canada Flag This quote is written / told by Cory Doctorow somewhere between July 17, 1971 and today. He/she was a famous Journalist from Canada. The author also have 12 other quotes.

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