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Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson.

Naturally, you don't sit down in "white hot inspiration" and write with a burning flame in front of you. But since I knew I could never be happy being anything but a writer, and Mockingbird put itself together for me so accommodatingly, I kept at it because I knew it had to be my first novel, for better or for worse.

Nature is mighty. Art is mighty. Artifice is weak. For nature is the work of a mightier power than man. Art is the work of man under the guidance and inspiration of a mightier power. Artifice is the work of mere man, in the imbecility of his mimic understanding.

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.

Neither human wisdom nor divine inspiration can confer upon man any greater blessing than this [live a life of happiness and harmony here on earth].

Never apologize for what you feel. It's like being sorry for being real.

Nature is my main source of inspiration - I will never stop taking hints from what I call 'the greatest artist'

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all

Never abandon your dreams. Follow the signs.

Never back down from a real challenge. They give the best lessons in life.

Never cease doubting. When the doubts stop it is because you have stopped journeying.

Never have I enjoyed youth so thoroughly as I have in my old age

Never despise small beginnings, and don't belittle your own accomplishments. Remember them and use them as inspiration as you go on to the next thing. When you venture outside your comfort zone, wherever the starting point may be, it's kind of a big deal.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you. Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and get to work. Every great idea I've ever had grew out of work itself. Sign onto a process and see where it takes you. You don't have to invent the wheel everyday. Today you will do what you did yesterday, tomorrow you will do what you did today. Eventually, you will get somewhere.

Never ever give up, even, and especially, when there is no chance of winning.

Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.

Never make a fuss-it might attract the attention of an enemy tribe.

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

[Newlyweds,] these optimistic young bastards, promise to honor and cherish each other through hot flashes and mid-life crises and a cumulative 50-pound weight gain, until that far-off day when one of them is finally able to rest in peace. You know, because they can't hear the snoring anymore.

New York was the inspiration for The Heart of Rock and Roll and Workin for a Livin. There are a lot of songs in the streets of New York.

Never ask for approval in your work. Life is your own, inspiration is your own, you create alone, and the results are your own - and that's good enough.

Never be associated with someone you can't be proud of, whether you work for him or he works for you

New technology is changing the way we can film. It's enabling us to get fresh new images and tell brand new stories.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.

Noah must have taken into the Ark two taxes, one male and one female. And did they multiply bountifully! Next to guinea pigs, taxes must have been the most prolific animals

New Zealanders who leave for Australia raise the IQ of both countries

No art takes places without inspiration. Every artist also needs effective knowledge of his or her tools (e.g., does a certain brush function well with a particular kind of paint?). What's more, artists need effective techniques for using those tools. Likewise, to express ourselves skillfully with maximum efficiency and minimum effort, we need to investigate the most effective ways of using the mind and body since, in the end, they are the only "tools" we truly possess in life.

No Englishman is ever fairly beaten

No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire. Do not talk about Jesus Christ as long as you love this world.

Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration.

No inspiration comes from nowhere. No invention is based on nothing. You always need to be tuned up and be ready to start receiving the energy you look for.

No amount of trying to inhale one more shred of inspiration is going to make it any easier to put your heart and soul out there.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No highly evolved being would ever seek to control the thoughts of anyone, or cause anyone to think or act involuntarily. More along the lines of inspiration and invitation. As when one suddenly experiences an insight, or says, "I've just had a great idea." They can accept it and act on it, or reject it out of hand. There's no "control" involved.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God.... I know no other True Sender, but the most Holy Spirit.

No life is well-rounded without the subtle inspiration of beauty.

No man can be successful, unless he first loves his work.

No man or woman is uniformly successful... we must all expect a rather high percentage of failure in the things we attempt.

No man is an island. To fight the good fight we need help.

No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]

No man can force the harp of his own individuality into the people's heart; but every man may play upon the chords of the people's heart, who draws his inspiration from the people's instinct.

No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.

None but praying leaders can have praying followers. A praying pulpit will beget praying pews. We do greatly need pastors and evangelists who will set the saints to this business of praying. We are not a generation of praying saints. Who will restore this breach? The greatest will he be of reformers who can set the Church to praying.

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.

No one comes unless they're drawn by the voice of desire that leads em along, to the redemption of what went wrong by the blood that covers the Innocent One.

No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

No one knows what is going to happen in the next few minutes, and yet people still go forward, because they have trust, because they have faith.