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It is not too fantastic to say that he desired them with some of the absolute passion that characterised the exposed and flaming heart of… — Thomas Keneally
I've never written a fiction before about real people. . . . I read everything that I could find by people who met them and… — Michael Frayn
... bear with him as Our Lord bore with His disciples, who gave Him good reason to complain - at least, some of them did.… — Vincent de Paul
And if you love the light, then you come to the light to be proved, and tried whether your works be wrought in God. But… — Margaret Fell
Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it before I was born -a hundred million years -and I have suffered more… — Mark Twain
The question you raise, 'How can such a formulation lead to computations?' doesn't bother me in the least! Throughout my whole life as a mathematician,… — Alexander Grothendieck
Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won. — John Prine
This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have… — Henry David Thoreau
She had lived in that house fourteen years, and every year she had demanded of John that she be given a pet of some strange… — Michael Ondaatje
The psychiatrist wants to know why I go out and hike around in the forests and watch the birds and collect butterflies. I'll show you… — Ray Bradbury
Once I spent a whole day there, a blade of grass in each hand to anchor me to the warm earth. I watched the sun… — Emma Donoghue
Yes. I tried to use the same technique with you. I didn't want to pass out. — Lynsay Sands
I write by ear. I tried writing with the typewriter, but I found it too unwieldy — Groucho Marx
The first time I tried organic wheat bread, I thought I was chewing on roofing material — Robin Williams
I've tried it, and I've never been that girl. I'm always going to be the girl you want to take home to your parents, not… — Selena Gomez
I tried water polo and my horse drownedthat was a nightmare. — Lee Evans
I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used,… — David Knopfler
I am writing graffiti on your body. I am drawing the story of how hard we tried. — Ani DiFranco
That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in 'Jeremy' a few times, and… — Eddie Vedder
So a part of you is broken when that’s gone. And part of you wants to have that rebellious feeling where you’re just like, forget… — Selena
You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've… — Julius Erving
I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max, and would have… — George W. Bush
To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the world of work;… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first. — Stephan Pastis
Hugo Chavez has tried to steal an inspiring phrase 'Patria o muerte, venceremos.' It does not belong to him. It belongs to a free Cuba. — Mitt Romney

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