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When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas…
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When a white man in Africa by accident looks into the eyes of a native and sees the human being (which it…
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She was thirty-nine. No, she did not envy her eighteen-year- old self at all. But she did envy, envied every day more…
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A woman writer, quitting love before literature when love lets her down, will put literature before love.
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Oh cat, I'd say, or pray: be-ootiful cat! Delicious cat! Exquisite cat! Satiny cat! Cat like a soft owl, cat with paws…
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There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.
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The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I could look…
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What matters most is that we learn from living.
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Coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous.
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And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers,…
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Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes…
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Nonsense, it was all nonsense: this whole damned outfit, with its committees, its conferences, its eternal talk, talk, talk, was a great…
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Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label.
— Jo Brand
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Attack where he is unprepared; sally forth when he does not expect you.
— Sun Tzu
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The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be…
— Michael Jordan
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When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make…
— Sun Tzu
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You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold…
— Boyd K. Packer
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Act your age. Students do not look upon you as a buddy, pal, or peer. They expect you to be a mature…
— Jim Brown
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I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers.. I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors;…
— John F. Kennedy
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If I like you, I'll confront you and be open about it. Then I expect you to come after me.
— Ashley Tisdale
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I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you…
— Barry Bonds
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It is finally when you let go of what people expect you to be and people's perceptions of you that you're able…
— Gwyneth Paltrow
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We cannot expect you to be with us all the time, but perhaps you could be good enough to keep in touch…
— Thomas Beecham
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With GG, you don't get what you expect. You get what you deserve.
— GG Allin
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