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“Life is not fair... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.” quote by David Brin — Download Open image

“Life is not fair... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.”

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Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if…

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Strutting and preening is, in fact, the surest sign of an inferiority complex.

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If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

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Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs.

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A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.

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Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.

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The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country-when you ask them to pay their fair share of taxes they run abroad. We have 19-year old kids who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan defending this country. They went abroad. Not to escape taxes.…

We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines…

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The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires.

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I've been screwed by as many women as I have by men, in terms of lawyers. But lawyers don't count. If you take lawyers…

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The skin and shell of things Though fair are not Thy wish nor prayer but got My meer despair of wings.

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Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria.

Olusegun Obasanjo

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There's nothing fair nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beautiful.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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SCIENCE! thou fair effusive ray From the great source of mental Day, Free, generous, and refin'd! Descend with all thy treasures fraught, Illumine each…

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Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but…

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The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God's fair bride; and maiden's souls are such.

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