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Them Quotes by Anne McCaffrey
- Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents…
- Your music can be played easily and well by any half-stringed harper or fumble-fingered idiot. Not that I'm maligning your songs. It's just that they're…
- But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many…
- I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might…
- Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive…
- Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one…
- People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?
- Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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