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Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich… — Elizabeth Moon
There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to… — Pamela Stephenson
I have written 240 books on a wide variety of topics. . . . Some of it I based on education I received in my… — Isaac Asimov
Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people. — Paramahansa Yogananda
That is what has been said in the media and at the trial. To this day nobody has produced one. There is no written confession,… — John Wayne Gacy
During a heavy storm at sea a nervous woman passenger on a large liner went to the captain, seeking reassurance. "Captain," she asked tremulously, "are… — James Keller
Synchronized with the rising moon Even with the evening star They were true love written in stone They were never alone, they were never that… — James Taylor
The so-called liberals of today have the very popular idea that freedom of speech, of thought, of the press, freedom of religion, freedom from imprisonment… — Ludwig von Mises
No one can write their real religious life with pen or pencil. It is written only in actions, and its seal is our character, not… — Wilfred Grenfell
So spirit is both the highest "level" in the holarchy, but it's also the paper on which the entire holarchy is written. It's the highest… — Ken Wilber
Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there… — Elliott Carter
Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes. — Frank Zappa
Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For me, it's a… — David Henry Hwang
. . . I have written a couple of screenplays for studios, and each time has been less gratifying than the last. In my experience,… — Craig Lucas
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
In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been a huge influence on Lost Souls and was crushed to… — Poppy Z. Brite
The arithmetical symbols are written diagrams and the geometrical figures are graphic formulas. — David Hilbert
There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light. — Nathaniel Parker Willis
The laws of Nature are written in the language of mathematics...the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible… — Galileo Galilei
The writing in mathematics text is not only laconic to a fault; it is cold, monotonous, dry, dull, and even ungrammatical... The books are not… — Morris Kline
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns, arches,… — Washington Irving
The effects of human wickedness are written on the page of history in characters of blood: but the impression soon fades away; so more blood… — Augustus William Hare
The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals. — Alfred North Whitehead
Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into Pashto. It is… — Malala Yousafzai
I haven't written poetry in a long time but I read it and I miss it. It is so hard to write. So hard to… — Ellen Gilchrist

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