Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. ~Steve Waugh
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever fiddle around in any way with electrical equipment. Never. ~Daniel Handler
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
#quotes #tom-robbins #memories #personality

An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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