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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
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One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…
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God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to…
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When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e.,…
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Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want…
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Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz…
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Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love'…
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You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about…
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Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try…
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No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
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Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an…
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No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.
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To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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I know when I sit with my band members and we're playing back a song that we've done, I know that they're…
— Nick Cave
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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what…
— Horace
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Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened…
— Khalil Gibran
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Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling ones pulse and…
— Winston Churchill
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My mother had all these maxims-like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get…
— Jennifer Tilly
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The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it's very important that I am the same, emotionally,…
— Bjork
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The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look, because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the…
— Ian Mckellen
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the…
— Petrarch
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
— Herodotus
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Humility responds to God's will-to the fear of His judgments and to the needs of those around us. To the proud, the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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People read with their ears, whether they know it or not,
— William Zinsser
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