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Just keep stirring the pot, you never know what will come up. — Lee Atwater
Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you… — Margaret Atwood
I grew up in the golden age of Flash Gordon and sci-fi. — Margaret Atwood
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in… — Chinua Achebe
I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren't very formalized when I… — Margaret Atwood
I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right away to look… — Margaret Atwood
I was born in the Ottawa General Hospital right after the Gray Cup Football Game in 1939. Six months later, I was backpacked into the… — Margaret Atwood
If I pick up a book with vampires on the cover, I want there to be vampires. If I pick up a book with spaceships… — Margaret Atwood
If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to… — Margaret Atwood
There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up… — Margaret Atwood
You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit cards. Emma Bovary would have… — Margaret Atwood
You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form… — Margaret Atwood
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being… — Kevyn Aucoin
Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or… — Kevyn Aucoin
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. — Red Auerbach
By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity. — Saint Augustine
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but… — Saint Augustine
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. — Marcus Aurelius
What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that… — Paul Auster

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