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A writer works from the material she has, but it comes from the unconscious. Everything is stored up and one never knows what comes up… — Rosamond Lehmann
For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being… — Rebecca West
Whatever we accomplish in life, if it's solely for our own good, then it doesn't mean that much. The things you do that affect others… — Alberto Salazar
My first singing role was as Susanna in a school production in a shortened form of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. I loved to sing… — Elaine Paige
In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd never… — Anthony Horowitz
Finally we are being told the truth: life isnâ€™t always easy and pleasant. We already know this to be true, but somehow we tend to… — Noah Levine
I do not believe in God. It seems to me that theists of all kinds have very largely failed to make their concept of a… — A.J. Ayer
Being a musician is a given for me-I didn't have much choice in the matter. — Tom Morello
Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in the United States and' after 'appropriate force' in the… — Tom Daschle
Business purpose and business mission are so rarely given adequate thought is perhaps the most important cause of business frustration and failure. — Peter Drucker
It is for man to establish the reign of liberty in the midst of the world of the given. To gain the supreme victory, it… — Simone de Beauvoir
It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. — David R. Brower
It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what… — Jonah Lomu
It was as if we were at the heart of a maze. We were overwhelmed by the enormity of the tasks ahead. Mary had given… — Niall Williams
Given the central role of effective, firmwide risk management in maintaining strong financial institutions, it is clear that supervisors must redouble their efforts to help… — Ben Bernanke
Given our inevitably incomplete knowledge about key structural aspects of an everchanging economy and the sometimes asymmetric costs or benefits of particular outcomes, a central… — Alan Greenspan
My recollection of a hundred lovely lakes has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our modern day. It… — Hamlin Garland
The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other. — Anita Hill
Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you feel like something's… — Jim Steinmeyer
Given the way universities work to reinforce and perpetuate the status quo, the way knowledge is offered as commodity, Women's Studies can easily become the… — Bell Hooks

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