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Art is a gift: you create and then you give away. How readers receive that gift is their business. If they hate…
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A realization that the founding principle of existence is what we call love, which works itself out sometimes not clearly, not cleanly,…
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If literature does one thing, it makes you more empathetic by making you live other lives and feel the pain of others.…
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Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with a few…
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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them…
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Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the…
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If you don't have dreams, how do you maneuver reality? Where do you get the ideas to change reality if not from…
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My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour…
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Sometimes I got my majors mixed up. A number of my fellow religious-studies students - muddled agnostics who didn't know which way…
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When the course of experience made me see that there is no saviour and no special grace, no remission beyond the human,…
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It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's…
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Music is a bird's answer to the noise and heaviness of words. It puts the mind in a state of exhilarated speechlessness.…
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I need to find a church on Sunday. I need to say 'please' and 'thank you,' 'yes sir' and 'no ma'am.' Do…
— Joe Nichols
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People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's…
— Sophie Kinsella
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There is only one more thing for me to say: Please help make my forecast wrong. Together we could create a much better…
— Unknown Author
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The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental.
— Montserrat Caballe
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Today the people from my State of Tennessee would listen to this debate, or even talk about a reference to God on…
— Zach Wamp
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If I only have ten minutes, Sam, this is what I want to say. You're not the best of us. You're more…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
— Tommy Lasorda
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If you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to…
— Idries Shah
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The living always think that monsters roar and gnash their teeth. But I've seen that real monsters can be friendly; they can…
— Jodi Lynn Anderson
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I was thinking that I might fly today. Just to disprove all the things you say... please be careful with me, I'm…
— Jewel
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My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people…
— Barbra Streisand
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For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you…
— Desmond Tutu
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