Always Quote by Anthony McCarten

“Truth is seldom appreciated and never understood, whereas a flattering lie is always appreciated and instantly understood.”

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At 17, I wanted to be a rock star.

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Reading is essential to human life. When the last reader dies, humanity will be at an end.

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If we did not have the impulse and ability to believe in the impossible, we would not have religion, democracy, or marriage.

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My experience is, the writer I was when I began was only a fraction of what I feel capable of doing now. Don't stand…

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I was born to a very large family, one of 7 kids. I grew up with carnivals and chaos all around me, so I…

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Since my student days, I'd been a fan of those books with titles like 'Great Speeches that Changed the World,' as I loved the…

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“Finally, it's not the lies we tell others that do the most damage, it's those we tell ourselves. From this all troubles rise.”

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We're living in extraordinary times, all the time. The issues that assail us are perennial. They haven't changed since the Greeks picked up a…

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