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With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it… — Pietro Aretino
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes, you've just got no choice;… — Dave Attell
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through time… — Margaret Atwood
There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up… — Margaret Atwood
The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before. — Saint Augustine
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good… — Jane Austen
Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can. — Paul Auster
I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.' — Lauren Bacall
I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be… — Lauren Bacall
I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the federal constitutional amendment, because people… — Michele Bachmann
I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education. — Tallulah Bankhead
Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy.… — Kevin Bacon
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one… — Nicholson Baker
I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call… — Christian Bale

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