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If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward;… — Immanuel Kant
They have no consciousness therefore. Therefore what? Therefore we are free to use them for our own ends? Therefore we are free to kill them?… — J M Coetzee
I think one's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes. — Andrew Wyeth
It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time,… — Virginia Woolf
Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time.… — Ernest Hemingway
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a plot.… — E. M. Forster
Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than the story. The… — Leonard Michaels
The man who goes on, even when it's the hardest to be the winner. — Roger Bannister
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful… — Emma Goldman
(Mariners) have written one of its most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theater of operations and across… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I can't think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry. — Drew Barrymore
I'm glad [Ornette Coleman] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what he's doing, even though I… — Paul Desmond
I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard day in the… — Gene Hill
The RNC has made a concerted effort to work with their allies with a real focus on what we can do to equip candidates with… — Grover Norquist
I know that if I have been working on one paragraph and I have written it three times, it goes in the bin. Unless it… — Robert Rankin
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with the… — Mark Twain
Use familiar words-words that your readers will understand, and not words they will have to look up. No advice is more elementary, and no advice… — James J. Kilpatrick
Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police… — Stephen King
I think of an author as somebody who goes into the marketplace and puts down his rug and says, "I will tell you a story,"… — Robertson Davies

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