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Dont teach my boy poetry, an English mother recently wrote the Provost of Harrow. Dont teach my boy poetry; he is going to stand for… — John F. Kennedy
On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von Falkenhayn,… — Georges Clemenceau
I seem to be one of the few people in journalism who never worked or wrote for the 'Boston Phoenix.' I certainly read and admired… — James Fallows
I've always had a sneaking fondness for Martin Van Buren. He wrote his autobiography, you know, and never once mentioned his wife. Now that's what… — Cleveland Amory
Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister'… — Juliana Hatfield
People don't simply wake up one day and commit genocide. They start by setting themselves apart from others, diminishing the stature of those adhering to… — Michael Newdow
I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it made them less… — W. Somerset Maugham
It is not, as somebody once wrote, the smell of corn bread that calls us back from death; it is the lights and signs of… — John Cheever
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy… — Tracy Chapman
Chief Seattle, of the Indians that inhabited the Seattle area, wrote a wonderful paper that has to do with putting oneself in tune with the… — Joseph Campbell
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. — Eudora Welty
Everything that a painter did or that a writer wrote was a part of his training and preparation for what he was to do. — Ernest Hemingway
Nobody that ever left their own country ever wrote anything worth printing. Not even in the newspapers. — Ernest Hemingway
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English. — Roald Dahl
Socrates wrote nothing. Christ wrote nothing. — Iris Murdoch
My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am… — Anne Stevenson
I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city. — John Green
Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was… — Ian Fleming
I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read. — Kate Morton
I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They… — Ernest Gaines

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