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No better commentary on the Vedas has been written or can be written. — Swami Vivekananda
My books are written with a strong chronological spine. — Doris Kearns Goodwin
I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house…love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film,… — David Byrne
If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most… — Judy Blume
Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. — Ernest Hemingway
For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn't write anything. — Langston Hughes
I have written to Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, asking him to consider 'staggered office timings' for government offices, which will… — Veerappa Moily
Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then we might even come to… — Antonin Artaud
Well, 'The Wellspring' was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others' experience. — Sharon Olds
To kill the misconception, I don’t think the songs we wrote before ‘Danger Days’ are bad songs by any means. In fact, I kinda think… — Frank Iero
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America… — Harry Browne
I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing. — Howard Hodgkin
I have written only what I have thought through, felt through and suffered through. — Vasily Grossman
My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it. — Jean-Michel Basquiat
I've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years. — John McGahern
Two-thirds of a century after [The Road to Serfdom] got written, hindsight confirms how inaccurate its innuendo about the future turned out to be. — Paul Samuelson
The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily motions. — Marguerite Yourcenar
Ethnography literally means 'a portrait of a people.' An ethnography is a written description of a particular culture - the customs, beliefs, and behavior -… — Marvin Harris
Education is education, be it verbal or written. — Aamir Khan
It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't… — Robert Sheckley
Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot. — Joe Strummer
It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and wiles of the… — Syncletica of Alexandria
A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written. — Morris Kline
It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it! — Thomas A. Edison
You'll never regret writing any letter out of love. However, it's a good idea to reread anything you've written in anger. — Mary Matalin

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