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Well, in the past, the size of government was one of the more fundamental dividing lines between Right and Left. The Right was supposed to… — Andrew Sullivan
I think you could go back to any filmmaker or musician or artist, and look at what their input was in their formative years, and… — Andrew Stanton
The year after I graduated college I had a job in a library. When people underlined passages in the library books, or made notes in… — Lev Grossman
I do think that there are gray lines of morality in a newsroom, when it comes to some stories. The best-intentioned journalist still has a… — Jim Lynch
Something about not waiting for the laugh of a laugh track allows you to take lines that otherwise might be seen as just direct jokes,… — Mitchell Hurwitz
One of the lines from my books is about having respect for different minds, and if I had to have an epitaph at this point… — Daniel Tammet
In my opinion, it is easier to avoid iambic rhythms, when writing in syllabics, if you create a line or pattern of lines using odd… — James Fenton
The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically… — James Fenton
The writer is both a sadist and a masochist. We create people we love, and then we torture them. The more we love them, and… — Janet Fitch
I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for each… — Walter Dean Myers
I think there is nothing sexier than laughter lines. — Isla Fisher
You look at Superman, the story of an orphan coming to America, keeping his identity secret and even the names, Kal-El and Jor-El, you can… — Jerry Robinson
Nobody likes to be found out, not even one who has made ruthless confession a part of his profession. Any autobiographer, therefore, at least between… — Erik Erikson
Happiness is the exercise of one's vital abilities along lines of excellence in a life that affords them scope — Greek Proverb
Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring lines to the… — Donald Rumsfeld
By educating the young generation along the right lines, the People's State will have to see that a generation of mankind is formed which will… — Adolf Hitler
If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from… — Maria Montessori
SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read… — Ambrose Bierce
LORE, n. Learning --particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or… — Ambrose Bierce
Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places, and your frown lines aren't too… — Jennifer Garner

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