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writing way controversy
There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. Ben Mezrich
writing emotional levels
When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I've come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level. Ben Marcus
writing reader
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader. Ben Okri
writing night awake
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numbers people environmental
The problem of numbers can only be dealt with by recognizing that people have a fundamental right to economic security. If you provide them with economic and environmental security, the population will stabilize itself. Vandana Shiva
numbers empathy able
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numbers curves promise
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numbers fool
Fools are without number. Desiderius Erasmus
numbers different use
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numbers people brain
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A sea of humanity. What a wonderful sight to see at the start. Bob Bradley
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a seamless weaving of hardware, software and devices. Ray Ozzie
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As long as I can feel like I'm doing good, I'm going to be here. It could be tomorrow, it could be a month, I don't have those answers. However, if we can keep the search going, I will stay. Eric Hornbeck
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The season is not lost. We're still Virginia Tech.
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We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good. Barbara Jordan
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The sea is always the same: and yet the sea always changes.
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