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Many novice writers, students in particular, think that writing is little more than copying down their self-talk, the palaver of the voices they hear in… — Richard Rhodes
Utter happiness is a fallacy. The best most of us can hope for is that occasional span of time which occurs at irregular lengths and… — Anthony Beal
It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner. — Eleanor Roosevelt
I'll never understand the animal, the machine of Hollywood business. And I don't want to understand it. It's like joining a club, a clique just… — Johnny Depp
We find that people's beliefs about their efficacy affect the sorts of choices they make in very significant ways. In particular, it affects their levels… — Albert Bandura
A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should… — Thomas Jefferson
OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment. By the kind of intelligence that sees in an exception a proof of the rule the wisdom of… — Ambrose Bierce
The digital decade is not just about any particular aspect of computing, taking enterprises, knowledge workers and homes and building standards that connect all of… — Bill Gates
I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn to art and scholarship as my anti-type, my shadow, the… — Robert Inchausti
BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it… — Ambrose Bierce
Our luck? You noticed anything in particular about our luck these past few days? Any kind of pattern? You depend on luck, end up on… — Joss Whedon
He, who does not believe that God wants this bit of sand to lie in this particular place, does not believe at all — Hasidic Proverb
Given any particular problem, the number of incorrect solutions is infinitely larger than the number of correct solutions; thus the probability of arriving at a… — Richard Sloma
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your… — Henry James
As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of the particular performance, but one can certainly approach the piece… — Sarah Caldwell
I could do exploration in this particular career field, and it was a goal that, even if I didn't reach it, it was so high… — Duane G. Carey
So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem.… — Dusty Baker
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. — Karl Marx
I don't much enjoy Back and Forth. I mean, I think it has its own particular qualities, but I think it's inferior to any of… — Rowan Atkinson
Last year, New York got $200 million. This year, we're going to give them $124 million under this particular program. But last year was an… — Michael Chertoff

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