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An eye for an eye.â€ â€œThat's a revenge thing, right? From some play.â€ â€œThe Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays. — Nora Roberts
I already read everything. I read poems and plays and novels and newspapers and comic books and magazines. I read tins in supermarkets and leaflets… — Janice Galloway
The poetâ€¦is the man of metaphor: while the philosopher is interested only in the truth of meaning, beyond even signs and names, and the sophist… — Jacques Derrida
Pianos, unlike people, sing when you give them your every growl. They know how to dive into the pit of your stomach and harmonize with… — Francesca Lia Block
We donâ€™t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of Exodus is short… — Susan Cain
I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself. — Tom Stoppard
You end up exhausted and spent, but later, in retrospect, you realize what it all was for. The parts fall into place, and you can… — Haruki Murakami
The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true. — George R. R. Martin
For you know that it's a fool who plays it cool, by making his world a little colder. — Paul McCartney
Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason," Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie. "You're forgetting the Little Prince," Polly reminded… — Connie Willis
A retaliator behaves like a hawk when he is attacked by a hawk, and like a dove when he meets a dove. When he meets… — Richard Dawkins
Music plays a huge role in my life. It is music that helps me to endure ... well ... everything there is to endure. — Muriel Barbery
An anarchist is like an undercover agent who plays the game of Reason in order to undercut the authority of Reason (Truth, Honesty, Justice and… — Paul Feyerabend
Every child begins the world again, to some extent, and loves to stay outdoors, even in wet and cold. It plays house, as well as… — Henry David Thoreau
And then it happens. Up and down the row, the victors begin to join hands. Some right away, like the morphlings, or Wiress and Beetee.… — Suzanne Collins
The true artist plays mad with his soul, labors at the very lip of the volcano, but remembers and clings to his purpose, which is… — John Gardner
In Irenaâ€™s head the alcohol plays a double role: it frees her fantasy, encourages her boldness, makes her sensual, and at the same time it… — Milan Kundera
I daydream about a high school where everybody plays the harmonica: the students, the teachers, the principal, the janitor and the cook in the cafeteria. — Richard Brautigan
Homophobia and the closet are allies. Like an unhealthy co-dependent relationship they need each other to survive. One plays the victim living in fear and… — Anthony Venn-Brown
To create, I destroyed myself; I made myself external to such a degree within myself that within myself I do not exist except in an… — Fernando Pessoa

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