The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted; it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. ~Paul Ryan
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Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time, they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn. ~Thomas Friedman
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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Lovely message for a lovely person, from lovely friend, for a lovely reason, at a lovely time, from a lovely mind, in a lovely mood, in a lovely style, to wish you; have a lovely birthday...
#birthday #cute

Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
#quotes #harry-enfield #men

Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
#quotes #virginia-postrel #jeans #society

Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
#proverbs #roman-proverbs #power

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
#proverbs #taoist-proverbs #nature #patience

But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
#quotes #norman-lear #family #racism

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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