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He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline.

— James Merrill

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

— Ogden Nash

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.

— Ralph W. Sockman

I usually stick out my hand and hope he puts the ball in it. Except the one time I went out to take Early Wynn out. I stuck out my hand and he hit me right in the stomach with the ball.

— Al Lopez

Resist the need to be 'right' all the time or to always have the last word.

— Joyce Meyer

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I type 40 words per minute on a normal computer with my left foot. And with two cups of coffee, I can do 53 words per minute.

— Nick Vujicic

I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that.

— Tennessee Ernie Ford

✗Opposing Perspectives

I sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me, as he had done before, an envelope with money in it. It would have been much nicer if he had enclosed a greeting or a loving word. I would have been so pleased if he had.

— Eva Braun

Honest to goodness, Brian Campbell, he was holding the Cup, and there was no one around for a minute. He says, 'Hold this for a second.' So he hands it to me - one of the best moments of my life.

— Mike Quigley

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

— Ray Bradbury