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fiction people science scientists tells time virtually visible
My feeling is that science is virtually an unexplored ground. It's very visible - more so all the time - but there's no fiction that tells us how scientists think, and they really don't think the way that other people do. Gregory Benford
fictional remains
More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective. Mark Billingham
fiction easy tales
How easy it is to tell tales! Denis Diderot
fiction hub
That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things. Elizabeth Bowen
fiction stories knows
[My early stories] are the work of a living writer whom I know in a sense, but can never meet. Elizabeth Bowen
fiction autobiography bounds
... any fictionis bound to be transposed autobiography. Elizabeth Bowen
fiction hard tendency weakness
I have a tendency to embellish: I think it's a weakness of fiction writers. Once you know how to make a story better, it's hard not to do it all the time. Sarah Dessen
fiction humor low pitch relief short throws trying
Short fiction is like low relief. And if your story has no humor in it, then you're trying to look at something in the pitch dark. With the light of humor, it throws what you're writing into relief so that you can actually see it. Elizabeth McCracken
fiction fondness hard historical mind science wondrous
I have a fondness for historical fiction, something wondrous like 'Wolf Hall,' but I'll read most anything as long as the story grabs my mind or my heart, and preferably both. You would be hard pressed, however, to find science fiction on my shelves. Sue Monk Kidd
likes wants
Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored. Mallory Ortberg
likes lots people
Lots of people like Seth MacFarlane. Many other people like watching the Oscars. But nobody likes both, not even Seth MacFarlane, who has no idea what the Oscars are. Rob Sheffield
likes sure whatever
One may do whatever one likes in art: the only thing is to make sure that one does not like it Robert Brown
likes situation
No one likes being sued, especially in a situation where it is completely baseless. Jennifer Moore
likes soft spot
On Liam Gallagher: He likes Judy, he's got a soft spot for her. Richard Madeley
likes
The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted. Timothy Noah
likes compliment
Everybody likes compliment. Abraham Lincoln
likes nobody wish
I wish we didn't have to do this. This is the most distasteful part of the job. Nobody likes it. It's never fun. Mike Manley
likes model role student whether
She's the kind of student we want at this University. She's a role model whether she likes it or not. Roy Brown
firsts glory
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself. Charles Spurgeon
firsts first-time virgins
You can only be a virgin once. There can only be one first time. Diane Lane
firsts steps first-steps
A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth. Denis Diderot
firsts steps first-steps
Scepticism is the first step towards truth. Denis Diderot
firsts records genre
I never excluded any genre on my first record. Deana Carter
firsts strangest-secret
We've got to be of service first before we can expect money. Earl Nightingale
firsts newspapers
[On newspapers:] A first draft of history. Elizabeth Drew
firsts fine
The first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better. Elfriede Jelinek
firsts how-to-love know-how
Forgiveness belongs to those who know how to love in the first place. Deepak Chopra