Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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LIFE equals Live In Full Effect! ~Joseph Simmons
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Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to. ~Martin Luther
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. ~James Gleick
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
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Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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