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Beware of clichés. Not just the clichés that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichés of response as well as…
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Birds in flight, claims the architect Vincenzo Volentieri, are not between places - they carry their places with them. We never wonder…
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He [Thelonious Monk] played each note as though astonished by the previous one, as though every touch of his fingers on the…
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People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not…
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Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it's a choice between writing a book and doing…
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When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for…
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Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.
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All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge.
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I’m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, I’ve deprioritized the role of writing in my…
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The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.
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Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too difficult, give up and do something else. Try to…
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Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what…
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If one is strong be also merciful, so that one's neighbors may respect one rather than fear one.
— Chilon of Sparta
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Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it's a choice between writing a book and doing…
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Every day kill just one, rather than today five, tomorrow ten . . . that is enough for you. Then your nerves…
— Erich Hartmann
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Yes, the more I go through life I realize that there's really no separation between practice and art at all. The two…
— Meredith Monk
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It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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I have worked on PCs and on Macs and, while I have my preferences, I don't find it crippling to work on…
— Susan Orlean
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One doesn't know, till one is a bit at odds with the world, how much one's friends who believe in one rather…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Usually when people see me, they see me as more of the soft-spoken one rather than being the witty, smart-tongued character.
— Amy Acker
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Staying single is not about having no one. Rather, it is an opportunity to be with everyone.
— Azgraybebly Joslan
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