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What the great ones do, the less will prattle of — William Shakespeare
Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses.… — Carl Icahn
To a chemist, nothing on earth is unclean. A writer must be as objective as a chemist; he must abandon the subjective line; he must… — Anton Chekhov
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce… — Charles Caleb Colton
And as to experience-well, think how little some good poets have had, or how much some bad ones have. — Elizabeth Bishop
In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards, nasty, twisted, deeply… — George R. R. Martin
Writing fiction is an inherently political activity because people-even imaginary ones-do not live in vacuums... From Twilight to Romeo and Juliet to The Little Mermaid,… — John Green
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. — Edward Albee
Beware of clichés. Not just the clichés that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichés of response as well as expression. There are… — Geoff Dyer
There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves. — Clifton Fadiman
Stories open up new paths, sometimes send us back to old ones, and close off still others. Telling and listening to stories we too imaginatively… — Arthur Kleinman
I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting. — Paul Schrader
Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. — Ernest Hemingway
Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an atomic bomb. You know the ones:… — Janet Fitch
Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create a ripple effect. Ones that lift up families and communities, that… — Barack Obama
A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the best technical photographs,… — Mary Ellen Mark
Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about men. It's the men who have to… — Katharine Hepburn
There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine — Mikhail Tal
I have a few tricks and dribbles which I use a lot and when I am playing well, it is natural that they become easier.… — Cristiano Ronaldo
Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and… — Mark Twain
Taste and smell are often the beggars among our five senses - they leave no written language and therefore no standards other than wholly personal… — Unknown Author
Mistakes are at the very base of human thought, embedded there, feeding the structure like root nodules. If we were not provided with the knack… — Lewis Thomas
Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal. — Mahatma Gandhi
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift… — Natalia Ginzburg
Reply implicitly upon the old, old gospel. You need no other nets when you fish for men; those your Master has given you are strong… — Charles Spurgeon

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