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I think with one exception I've never changed an opening sentence after a book was completed. — William Gibson
There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I would say in one sentence my goal is to at least be part of the journey to find the unified theory that Einstein himself… — Brian Greene
To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I suggest we bring some normality back to this country and say if you are carrying a knife, there must be zero tolerance. If it… — Simon Cowell
I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with the phrase, 'I love X, but... '… — Sloane Crosley
Tom DeLay ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail sentence. — Howard Dean
Every discourse, even a poetic or oracular sentence, carries with it a system of rules for producing analogous things and thus an outline of methodology. — Jacques Derrida
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a stunt pilot's turning… — Annie Dillard
It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art… — Isadora Duncan
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it. — Andrea Dworkin
His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine. — Thomas A. Edison
If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores -… — Jim Elliot
Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that… — Brian Eno
However, those who have used those words use half the sentence to fit their purpose, which, of course, I believe is to discredit me and… — Louis Farrakhan
Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren't always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely… — Christopher Hitchens
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon. — Douglas Horton
The best movies have one sentence that they're exploring, a thesis, something that people can argue about over dinner afterward. — Helen Hunt
And I don't want to begin something, I don't want to write that first sentence until all the important connections in the novel are known… — John Irving
Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish. — John Jakes
When I'm sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it's silence and despair! It's not so easy to put the pen… — Erica Jong
I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachment' in the first sentence. But I know the word 'divine'… — Anne Lamott
Racism is ignorant. And it's stupid. And it's old. And it's played out. So beat it already with that, you know what I mean? 'Let's… — Queen Latifah

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