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My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and am… — Sara Zarr
As a freelance writer, I'd be asked to become an expert for various magazines on any subject, whether food or wine or history or the… — John Hodgman
There are no perfect life plan formulas. Itâ€™s a roller coaster with various exit ramps. — Jason Landry
Teaching Plato in Palestine shows how philosophical thinking can illuminate important topics-in particular, the problem of finding ways to engage people with opposed ideologies in… — Gary Gutting
There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the Internet. It had nothing to do with the United States government, and it's one that… — Susan Rice
Justice White's conclusion is perhaps correct, if one assumes that the task of a court of law is to plumb the intent of the particular… — Antonin Scalia
The capital amassed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through various forms of slave economy is still in circulation, said De Jong, still bearing interest,… — W G Sebald
Personally, Iâ€™ve gotten so that I now use a kind of two-track analysis. First, what are the factors that really govern the interests involved, rationally… — Charlie Munger
I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to various different lives… — Mike Lookinland
I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends. — Walter Becker
I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye. — Andre Kertesz
Speakers who have grown up in the American community unconsciously know its rules about taking turns in conversations-in the same way that they know the… — Peter Farb
For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the… — Victoria Legrand
In the future, people will blame the Eighties for all societal ills in the same way that people have previously blamed the Sixties. The various… — Peter York
...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because you want to get along with whatever… — Black Francis
My interest in economics has always been in the whole corpus of economic theory, the interrelationships between the various fields of theory and their relevance… — James Meade
Nonetheless, much has been learned by studying the statistical differences between the various human races. — J. Philippe Rushton
Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various… — Thomas a Kempis
GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These, by some occult process of nature, are penetrated and suffused with various degrees of the… — Ambrose Bierce

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