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Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. Leo Rosten
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What happened was that after I wrote The Ice Storm I had a period where I was blocked for a little bit, before I wrote Purple America. Rick Moody
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What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation. Richard Russo
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On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years. Judith Krantz
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Giving the same value to fiction as to fact in the interest of so-called fairness is to mislead the American people and the press has become party to that. Joe Wilson
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He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Greg Vaughn
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Because of my father's dislocated life, I knew intuitively that I wanted to have as few jobs as possible by the time I was married. John Hawkes
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But if all these things were the bits of tinsel and straw I made my nest out of, the way I felt while I worked was strangely different. Edmund White
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I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then.
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As far as working with Chita Rivera, all I can say is it's a dream come true. Her artistry and discipline and dedication is a joy to be around. Ben Vereen
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Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world. Michael Leunig
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Arthur Ashe Jr. is a true Virginia hero, and he belongs here, Arthur Ashe
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Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible Paul Klee
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Augusta was always a place where you could have a lot of fun and you could demonstrate an artistic talent for strategy around the golf course. Now it's not. Stewart Cink
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Ralph is not only a man of accomplishment, but a man of integrity. Those of us who knew and loved Bob are confident that Ralph is just the kind of artist that he hoped would one day take the stage.
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Primarily we hope to increase their enjoyment of art and music. Music is essential to quality of life and we hope to make these students lifelong consumers of music.
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People can't draw now and don't feel it's necessary. Art students don't seem to want to draw. Jonathan Miller
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People expect things from art that are horrible for us who make it! They put the things we make in these restrictive places called 'museums,' then don't want to hear another word from us. Sigmar Polke
asking knew people
People are still asking me if I knew it was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George. Carrie Fisher
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The story got in the paper, then it got on the web, then it went worldwide, ... Then our phones started ringing and people started asking about Moss so we had a meeting and said, 'Since these calls are coming, what is the value of Moss?' We said it was three No. 1s because we knew no one in his right mind would ever give up three No. 1s. Mike Tice
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Then, all of a sudden, here I am in the Press Room in the White House and walking in with the guards, who handed me three little pieces of paper asking me to send pictures to the guards at the White House. Majel Barrett
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I sent a few text messages, but I couldn't call a lot of people because I was still getting calls from people asking me about signing as a free agent. When it gets in the paper, that's when everybody will know.
asking people time
This is the first time that it is nationwide and you can see it. People are asking for some respect.
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That offensive line y'all have been asking questions about, they showed up. They'd been criticized all camp, saying they're kind of our weak link. Brodie Croyle
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You should wake up everyday, as a person traveling in the region, asking what can I do to reduce my fuel consumption and what can I do to reduce my emissions in the region.
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Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig. John McCarthy
asking banks basic call form
What we call single-factor authentication is a basic password and ID. Now we're asking banks to use another form of identification. Michael Jackson
questions
There are a lot of complicated questions to answer.
questions-and-answers
Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. Francis Bacon
questions
There aren't any embarrassing questions - only embarrassing answers. Helen Rowland
questions
I'm not going to take those questions today.
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Those are all questions we are going to be talking about with the commission.
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There's a lot of questions that need to be answered.
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We're going to have to come up with some sort of strategy. There are just so many questions.
questions
We have the same questions about that as well.
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We know the questions that must be asked, ... Now we need answers. Harry Reid
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All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. Bertrand Russell
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It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new. Calvin Coolidge
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If every one were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty. Charles Darwin
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The process of being a writer is much more interior than being a scientist, because science is so reactionary.
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Midway from Nothing to the Deity! Edward Young
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A line is not made up of points. ... In the same way, time is not made up parts considered as indivisible 'nows.' Part of Aristotle's reply to Zeno's paradox concerning continuity. Aristotle
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For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement of the greater is quicker than that of the less, just as the downward movement of a mass of gold or lead, or of any other body endowed with weight, is quicker in proportion to its size.
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Science has become politicized, and that's an embarrassment. Seth MacFarlane
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A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right. Stephen Jay Gould
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Some (hospital) units can't take any more. They have to set a limit. They don't want this to be a source of turnover for their staff.
sources
They need to find new sources of revenue.