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J G Ballard: We live in...

J G Ballard: We live in...

We live in a world ruled by fictions of every kind -- mass merchandising, advertising, politics conducted as a branch...

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John Barth: More history is...

John Barth: More history is...

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

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Naomi Mitchison: Keep it light...

Naomi Mitchison: Keep it light...

Keep it light so you can say a lot more, especially if it's something you care about.

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Clive Barker: I've always thought...

Clive Barker: I've always thought...

I've always thought that the most extraordinary special effect you could do is to buy a child at the moment of its...

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Robert Ludlum: Visions of one...

Robert Ludlum: Visions of one...

Visions of one powerful scene after another parade across his inner screen, each exploding with drama and meaning . ....

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George MacDonald: You can't live...

George MacDonald: You can't live...

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water -- an inch deep and then the mud.

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George MacDonald: I find that...

George MacDonald: I find that...

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

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Emily Bronte: Any relic of...

Emily Bronte: Any relic of...

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Source: Ellen Dean,...

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Arnold Bennett: Your own mind...

Arnold Bennett: Your own mind...

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: Life is a...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: Life is a...

Life is a little work, a little sleep, a little love and it is all over.

Source: In...

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Carlos Fuentes: I don't think...

Carlos Fuentes: I don't think...

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before...

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Thomas Love Peacock: A book that...

Thomas Love Peacock: A book that...

A book that furnishes no quotations is, me judice, no book -- it is a plaything.

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Anthony Burgess: Americans will listen,...

Anthony Burgess: Americans will listen,...

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: The sweat of...

Maxine Hong Kingston: The sweat of...

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the...

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S I Hayakawa: Ever since man...

S I Hayakawa: Ever since man...

Ever since man began to till the soil and learned not to eat the seed grain but to plant it and wait for the harvest,...

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Hugo L Black: The layman's constitutional...

Hugo L Black: The layman's constitutional...

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is...

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Albert Schweitzer: The great secret...

Albert Schweitzer: The great secret...

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

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W C Sellar: History is not...

W C Sellar: History is not...

History is not what you thought. It is what you can remember. All other history defeats...

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Antonin Scalia: A search is...

Antonin Scalia: A search is...

A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a...

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Erica Jong: Growing up female...

Erica Jong: Growing up female...

Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice...

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