Jill McCorkle

The first draft is all about freedom, and if loyalty is in question, it is only my loyalty to the characters and situations on the page. All the worries about where the material may have sprung from or what so-and-so might think can be dealt with later.

American Novelist

Jalal Talabani

Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.

Iraqi Politician

Kristaps Porzingis

The first day I got drafted, I felt the fans were really passionate about basketball, and there was going to be a lot of pressure.

Latvian Athlete

James Rado

The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red people.

American Actor

Lou Holtz

An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.

American Coach

Jack Hughes

You get drafted by an NHL team, you're kind of living the good life. So, I mean for me, it's all awesome.

American Athlete

John Stockton

I had been told I might be drafted in the fourth round. 'Great,' I said at the time.

H. G. Wells

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

English Author

Jameis Winston

Draft day is just another chapter in my life.

Michael Capuano

American Politician

A 'draft' implies that it's subject to change after receiving feedback or re-evaluation.

Revision Process

'Draft' is often used to describe the early stage of writing when ideas are being developed.

Brainstorming Phase

A draft is not complete; details may be missing or not fully developed.

Not Final

The 'draft' for military service is mandatory; ignoring it can lead to legal consequences.

Legal Obligation

A 'draft' can be unpleasant; people often try to avoid it in indoor spaces.

Seek Shelter

The draft of a ship determines which waterways it can safely navigate.

Ship's Limitations

A bank draft is a secure form of payment; it guarantees the funds are available.

Secure Transaction

 many things for me it's from the brain scientist gary marcus he says the initial organization of the brain does not depend that much on experience nature provides a first draft which experience then revises built-in doesn't mean unmalleable it means organized in advance of experience okay so what's on the first draft of the

The moral roots of...

 Should I respond to this email? Should I draft this letter?" And even if the answer to the question is "no," it's certainly going to make the experience of your kid's soccer game very different than it would've been. So everywhere we look, big things and small things, material things and lifestyle things,

The paradox of choice PIPE...

 Thanks to compromises on issues like state representation, taxation power, and how to elect the president, their proposal gradually gained support. But the final text drafted in September still had to be approved by conventions held in the states. So over the next few months,

Why wasn’t the Bill of...

 drafted at the age of 18 comparing your daily life on the base to somebody who's not the soldier what's the difference they have much more free time than me they go to parties and people and study and I can do it only on my weekends somebody's telling you what to do

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 whips this is bait cuz it's a filter feeder climbs up the sea whip those right out into the current so we can take advantage of the sea whips reveal one final secret this has been laid by the draft board shark another species more usually found in much deeper water

Colony of Sea Whips PIPE...

 we, as a small group of activists, have drafted an ombudsman bill for the government of India. Friends, you will hear a lot about it. That's the movement at the moment I'm driving, and that's the movement and ambition of my life. Thank you very much.

Kiran Bedi: How I remade...

 It's one of the most important parts of the sport. So presumably there's some speed below which drafting is not useful. Right. That would be like one mile an hour. No-- Anything more than-- Anything more than stationary.

The Science of Cycling PIPE...

 This will be an enormous undertaking. You could describe it as a cathedral project. Those involved at the outset may draft the plans and dig the foundations, but they will not raise the spire to its full height.

Can we stop climate...

 writing. Every writer you know writes really terrible first drafts, but they keep their butt in the chair. That's the secret of life. That's probably the main difference between you and them. They just do it.

12 truths I learned from...

 amazing things in the world of government in business and health care and education and service community service and public service service is in their blood this wasn't a draft army that went to