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One criticizes in others what one recognizes and despises in oneself. For example, an artist who is revolted by anotherâ€™s ambitiousness. — Susan Sontag
Not only after two or three centuries, but in a million years, life will still be as it was; life does not change, it remains… — Anton Chekhov
What do you mean, 'playing really creatively'? Can you give me an example?" "Hmm, let's see ... you send the music deep enough into your… — Haruki Murakami
In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house has been destroyed… — David Walliams
When gods die, self-respect buds', murmured Orland Fank. 'Gods and their examples are not needed by those who respect themselves and, consequently, respect others. Gods… — Michael Moorcock
For example, the dwarfs found out how to turn lead into gold by doing it the hard way. The difference between that and the easy… — Terry Pratchett
Now if you're not â€žhotâ€, you are expected to work on it until you are. It's like when you renovate a house and you're legally… — Tina Fey
Physician Albert Scheweitzer said. " We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness." Professor Leo Buscaglia notes, "There seems to… — Gary Chapman
You canâ€™t hate the roots of the tree without ending up hating the tree. You canâ€™t hate your origin without ending up hating yourself. You… — Malcolm X
There is no easy way to train an apprentice. My two tools are example and nagging. — Daniel Handler
Reality is not digital, an on-off state, but analog. Something gradual. In other words, reality is a quality that things possess in the same way… — Terry Pratchett
The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I could write the… — Jodi Picoult
Take faith, for example. For many people in our world, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding, is to eliminate… — Rob Bell
When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or… — Sonia Sotomayor
Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant. — Robert A. Heinlein
I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of… — Benedict Cumberbatch
My father had taught me - mostly by example - that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to… — Stephen King
At a certain place in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, for example, he might feel that he is floating above the earth in a starry dome, with… — Friedrich Nietzsche
And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the idea of setting… — Anneli Rufus
There were worse things to be than sexist. For example, you could be the sort of person who pinched your fingers together while using the… — Liane Moriarty

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