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Aborting my baby is the most serious of the many maternal crimes I tally in my head when I am at my lowest, when the… — Ayelet Waldman
Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way… — Boethius
Bad things will happen and good things too. Your life will be full of surprises. Miracles happen only where there has been suffering. So taste… — Ben Okri
It's important to take bad pictures. It's the bad ones that have to do with what you've never done before. They can make you recognize… — Diane Arbus
They say my prints are bad, darling they should see my negatives — Lisette Model
If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things? — Angela Carter
Self knowledge is always bad news. — John Barth
Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art. — Ishmael Reed
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone… — Edward Abbey
There never was a good war or a bad revolution. — Edward Abbey
For this world that men have made, none of us is bad enough. For the world that made us, none is good enough. — Edward Abbey
There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time. — Edward Abbey
The response to my books from my East Coast friends has been wildly various, running the gamut from 'bad' to 'very bad.' (Is there another… — Edward Abbey
Standing in the nordic nook of the kitchen, I can gaze down at the flimsy-limbed joggers heading south towards the Park. It's nearly as bad… — Martin Amis
Poets seem to write more easily about love than prose writers. For a start, they own that flexible ‘I’…. Then again, poets seem able to… — Julian Barnes
Lawyers hold that there are two kinds of particularly bad witnesses--a reluctant witness, and a too-willing witness. — Charles Dickens
There never was a bad man that had ability for good service. — Edmund Burke
The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of… — Alexander Hamilton
A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill… — Alexander Hamilton
The only way you will ever awaken is through silence, not through analyzation of facts. Not by sorting out good and bad, but through simple… — Robert Adams
But ye gotta know where ye're just gonna rush in. Ye cannae just rush in anywhere. It looks bad, havin' to rush oout again straight… — Terry Pratchett
A bad hunter chases. A good hunter waits. — Terry Pratchett
Touching your cap to the Squire may be damn bad for the Squire, but it's damn good for you. — J.R.R. Tolkien
You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do—and… — Ray Bradbury

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