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A state does not simply fall apart as a result of depression... [Weimar Germany] was not destroyed by economic depression or widespread unemployment, though these… — Sebastian Haffner
The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an exorable and not very friendly judge of his work.… — Albert Einstein
Forgiveness is not simply the absolving of an enemy, or one who has done us wrong. Forgiveness must encompass all those things which disturb the… — Barbara Wood
Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time.… — Ernest Hemingway
The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never… — Janet Frame
The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly widened by simply teaching one set of catchwords to the girls and another to the boys. — Robert Louis Stevenson
In the middle of a conversation, she'll frequently say something like, "Young people are heartless, they don't have any respect anymore." I nod agreement in… — Susanna Tamaro
So many of the things we're told by the government simply aren't true. — Edward Snowden
The Iraq war that I signed up for was launched on false premises. The American people were misled. Now, whether that was due to bad… — Edward Snowden
I'm not saying all seniors should be running a city or running a business, but I am saying seniors are good for a lot more… — Hazel McCallion
Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough… — Ambrose Bierce
The lowest standards of ethics of which a right-thinking man can possibly conceive is taught to the common soldier whose trade is to shoot his… — Clarence Darrow
Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? — Kenneth E. Boulding
As a nation, this is the moment to start seriously investing our time, energy and resources into proven methods of reducing violence, both within our… — Joaquin Phoenix
I don't believe you are simply born with the ambition of becoming chancellor. But if you want to make a difference, if you enjoy putting… — Angela Merkel
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply want… — Andrei Tarkovsky
When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement… — George Orwell
You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You do not have… — Amy Tan
I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everybody speaks. Once the grammar… — Beryl Bainbridge
When people, women included, hear that you are writing, they assume that it is simply a hobby to fill in the time between doing the… — Rachel Billington
I don't write easily or rapidly. My first draft usually has only a few elements worth keeping. I have to find what those are and… — Susan Sontag
Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought! It is like… — Lewis Thomas
Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. — Benjamin Lee Whorf
Once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say. — Beryl Bainbridge

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