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- Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.
- Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.
- Short stories are designed to deliver their impact in as few pages as possible. A tremendous amount is left out, and a good short story…
- I learned to separate the story from the writing, probably the most important thing that any storyteller has to learn-that there are a thousand right…
- [It] was written and sold. I knew it was a strong story because I cared about it and believed in it. I had no idea…
- The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.
- There's a sort of rage a man feels when he's been deceived where he most trusted. It compares to no other anger.
- The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the…
- I'm a Democrat voting for Bush, even though on economic issues, from taxes to government regulation, I'm not happy with the Republican positions. But we're…
- I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth: the…
- No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you…
- Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children to adulthood. I…
- Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in…
- Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one's family was much worse. Humiliation of one's social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one's nation…
- That night Demosthenes published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws. People should be allowed to have as many children as they like, and…
- Miro, I'm so sorry. I always felt such pity for you humans because you could only think of one thing at a time and your…
- It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.
- If I wanted to doubt, then I could doubt endlessly ... but at some point a person has to stop questioning and act, and at…
- Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important message was this:…
- Parents always make their worst mistakes with their oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to…
- As history shows us, when colonization is voluntary, people will self-select better than any testing system. It’s like those foolish attempts to control immigration to…
- When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be…
- Mazer, i don't want to keep dreaming these things. I'm afraid to sleep. I keep thinking of things i don't want to remember. My whole…
- A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree,…
- The most noble title any child can have, Demosthenes wrote, is third.
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster