Writer's Block

Writer's Block

What oft-repeated quote or common cliché do you find the most annoying when someone says it to you?

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[info]tijak Writer's Block: It Is What It Is

You don't always get what you want
 
Rwanda
[info]stalkere Writer's Block: It Is What It Is

Overused cliche - "I want a 110% effort from everybody, every day."

100% effort, that's asking a lot, but it's possible.
"maximum effort" that's possible.
"110% effort" im
 
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[info]robotech_master Writer's Block: It Is What It Is


"The exception that proves the rule."

I mean, honestly, what does that even mean? I don't think anybody who uses the expression actually knows, they just use it because it sounds intelligent.

I'm also a
 
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[info]gulnarak Вопрос дня: Что есть, то есть
Сколько детей вы хотели бы иметь? Я только хочу вам помочь!  Терпеть не могу когда некоторые люди используют слова : "безусловно" (особенно Собчак),"тем не менее", "злост
 
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[info]tatyana_rtv Вопрос дня: Какое расхожее выражение, сказанное в ваш адрес, наиболее вас раздражает?

Эмоциональная.
Я не понимаю этого понятия, не понимаю того, что хочет сказать этим человек?
Похоже он просто подписывается под т
 
anghellix, fan, kiss
[info]close2comfort Writer's Block: It Is What It Is
'Don't hate the player hate the game.' Wtf? Now I hate both of you.
'...Never mind its nothing' Then why bother interrupting me?

 
Queen Sophie
[info]hardygrrlx Writer's Block: It Is What It Is
Work smarter, not harder - because it is without fail always said by someone who does nothing beyond ambling through the office while doing headcount and who also totally lowballed the equipment budge
 
Bear - Teddy Bear
[info]loki13213 Writer's Block: It Is What It Is




F.Y.I.
 
Broken
[info]onliwonkanomi Writer's Block: It Is What It Is
Scary, those are my two and they are God's biggest tests of patience
 
neon fey
[info]annelia26 Writer's Block: It Is What It Is
The two most common clichés, if overused words count as clichés, that I dislike are "hate" and "literally."  I dislike the overuse of the word "ha
 
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[info]kalinides Writer's Block: It Is What It Is
Awsome! 
 
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[info]twistmythoughts Writer's Block: It Is What It Is
"There's plenty more fish in the sea."
What the hell. Maybe I wanted that fish!
 
Thoughtful, musing
[info]white_enigma Writer's Block: It Is What It Is & It's Also Procrastination
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Doctor Who Animated
[info]smoke Writer's Block: It Is What It Is
"There's a lot more fish in the sea" I've always hated that one. It's both cliche and a platitude. For many people it's not so simple as that.

I've been trying to get away from "Kill two birds with on
 
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[info]ljswritersblock Writer's Block: It Is What It Is
Need something to write about and the official Writer's Block archive not cutting it? Well come on over to [info]ljswritersblock, where we have over 500 old Writer's Blocks archived! Never run out of things
 
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[info]urkedpoetry Writer's Block: It Is What It Is
"If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?"

First of all, the qestion was made by a philosopher, I believe, to make people think about a philiso
 

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