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The genius of Man in our time has gone into jet-propulsion, atom-splitting, penicillin-curing, etc. There is left none over for works of imagination; of spiritual… — Malcolm Muggeridge
The Christians who engaged in infamous persecutions and shameful inquisitions were not evil men but misguided men. The churchmen who felt they had an edict… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA. — Spencer Wells
History, when rightly written, is but a record of providence; and he who would read history rightly, must read it with his eyes constantly fixed… — D. A. Fisher
I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life. — John Grisham
Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me. — Taye Diggs
You are a trophy of God's grace. He has future accomplishments with your name written on them. — Derwin L. Gray
We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England. His looking at… — Waylon Jennings
Live each day, as if it we're your last. It's written in the stars, your destiny is cast. — Elvis Presley
Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy. — Lloyd Alexander
I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has… — Thomas Aquinas
The written word is everything. — John Drinkwater
I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is -- my… — George W. Bush
I've never read anything so badly written that got published. It made 'Twilight' look like 'War and Peace.' — Salman Rushdie
I've never written a song that I thought was a hit. — Richard Marx
I did not know that 'poetess' was an insult, and that I myself would some day be called one. I did not know that to… — Margaret Atwood
When I was sixteen, it was simple. Poetry existed; therefore it could be written; and nobody had told me — yet — the many, many… — Margaret Atwood
The only science fiction I have written is Fahrenheit 451. It's the art of the possible. Science fiction is the art of the possible. It… — Ray Bradbury
All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together. — Justin Townes Earle
I would never sit and write a song in front of anyone, because you're so vulnerable. I don't know at what point in the process… — Laura Marling
I have never started a novel - I mean except the first, when I was starting a novel just to start a novel - I've… — Joan Didion
My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is… — Frederik Pohl
Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft. — Robert A. Heinlein
I never reread what I've written. I'm far too afraid to feel ashamed of what I've done. — Jorge Luis Borges
The perfect detective story cannot be written. The type of mind which can evolve the perfect problem is not the type of mind that can… — Raymond Chandler

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