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american-author fine house planet tolerable
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? Henry David Thoreau
american-author best life love man woman
Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. Zane Grey
american-author time
I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read. John Sladek
american-author people
We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough. Keith Miller
american-author contend office time work
Ideally, I'd like to work part time at the bookstore. That would give me more time to contend with all the office work of writing. Kate DiCamillo
american-author appears common divine enjoys fine statement takes turns twice
He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation. Margaret Halsey
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Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story. Jhumpa Lahiri
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In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic. Jonathan Carroll
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Children want to do what the grownups do. Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school. Beverly Cleary
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I was a finalist for the Pulitzer as a reporter. Robert Scheer
trust lying criminal-mind
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. Robert Foster Bennett
trust deceived-us hype
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. Rene Descartes
trust men accountability
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody. Thomas Paine
trust failure appreciate
One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them. Thomas Sowell
trust powerful appreciate
The most powerful programming language is Lisp. If you don't know Lisp (or its variant, Scheme), you don't appreciate what a powerful language is. Once you learn Lisp you will see what is missing in most other languages. Richard Stallman
trust feelings growth
Always trust yourself and your own feelings, as opposed to arguments and discussions. If it turns out that you are wrong, then the natural growth of your inner life will eventually guide you to other insights. Rainer Maria Rilke
trust taken law
I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation, and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death. John Wesley
trust beautiful liars
There is something so beautiful in trust that even the most hardened liar need feel a certain respect for those who confide in him. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
trust years san-francisco
The first year I started in San Francisco, there was an American work on every program and there's been a lot of music by living composers and gradually that was part of the process of getting the audience really to trust me. Michael Tilson Thomas