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I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of it. However, this… — Mark Twain
The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who… — Ben Nicholson
I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all… — Bruce Babbitt
Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance as the title… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Blues, rock and hip hop are more about a lifestyle and culture than notes on a page. — Jake Shimabukuro
Women in America read 'lifestyle' pages which are really glorifications of shopping. They teach us we must veil ourselves in make-up to be loved. And… — Erica Jong
I work sometimes from outlines, which are immediately abandoned. Sometimes, when I'm trying to find the characters, I'll sketch things out a bit. Sometimes, outlines… — Paul Rudnick
Actually, who hasn't been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go ahead,… — Amos Oz
Talk isn't work. Work is when you have pages in the evening that you didn't have in the morning. — Frederic Raphael
I haven't had a single moment of terror since they told me [I was dying]. My only regret is to die four pages too soon.… — Dennis Potter
To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when you can't do… — Jack Valenti
For what is history, but... huge libel on human nature, to which we industriously add page after page, volume after volume, as if we were… — Washington Irving
The effects of human wickedness are written on the page of history in characters of blood: but the impression soon fades away; so more blood… — Augustus William Hare
It's clear that when we're this outnumbered by the creatures, we have to take a page from the British Empire and rule the lesser species… — Stephen Colbert
Read him slowly, dear girl, you must read Kipling slowly. Watch carefully where the commas fall so you can discover the natural pauses. He is… — Michael Ondaatje
I would say seeing the original Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page at the old Fillmore was a pretty powerful influence on me. — Ronnie Montrose
She once complained that her stories were like 'birds bred in cages,' but that concentrated atmosphere, that claustrophobic hothouse of emotion, was her talent. Her… — Katie Roiphe
The novel is perhaps the highest art form because it so closely resembles life: it is about human relationships. It's technique, page by page, resembles… — Joyce Carol Oates
People often ask, why aren't you reading about what it is you're working on right now? And the truth is, you only get three pages… — David Petraeus
Until Sammy Baugh - pro football in Texas was a one-paragraph story on the third page of the Monday sports section. — Dan Jenkins
Senator John McCain, who spent over five years in a Vietnamese POW camp, publicly releases 1,000 pages of medical records. Now people are left with… — Jon Stewart
I love Aerosmith. I love Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, anything from that era, Led Zeppelin. So my guitar style is very much like Slash or… — Billy Unger
You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book, because you wrote… — Margaret Atwood
If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that. — Stephan Pastis
Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page. — Stephan Pastis

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