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american-novelist eminent figures opposite questions raised reality rhetoric
The reality has been the opposite of the rhetoric especially when questions have been raised about eminent figures in the establishment. Serge Lang
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Why do writers write? Because it isn't there. Thomas Berger
american-novelist art asking questions science source
The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.
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This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit. Earl Derr Biggers
american-novelist musicality point
The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content. Rick Moody
american-novelist fiction truth
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. Leo Rosten
american-novelist babies dogs hates man
Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
american-novelist college high portland school suburb
But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here. Katherine Dunn
american-novelist explore giving haunted notion outside responsibility second source structure
The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power.
character
You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing. Carlos Ghosn
character long shapes
At 50 I find there is a long line of characters and shapes demanding words just outside my window. Carlos Fuentes
character civilization games
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of Western civilization: the game of telling stories, inventing characters, and creating the imaginary paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled because, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be heard and understood.
character warrior men
Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The fact that they enjoy their acts does not count as gain. Rather, it is a condition of their character. The average man acts only if there is a chance for profit. Warriors say they act not for profit but for the spirit. Carlos Castaneda
character differences faces
There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face. Carl Barks
character clinton
Religion is one of the fundaments of Hillary Clinton's character and politics. Carl Bernstein
character simple profound
A great part of its [higher arithmetic] theories derives an additional charm from the peculiarity that important propositions, with the impress of simplicity on them, are often easily discovered by induction, and yet are of so profound a character that we cannot find the demonstrations till after many vain attempts; and even then, when we do succeed, it is often by some tedious and artificial process, while the simple methods may long remain concealed. Carl Friedrich Gauss
character eye vegetables
Death and resurrection are what the story is about and had we but eyes to see it, this has been hinted on every page, met us, in some disguise, at every turn, and even been muttered in conversations between such minor characters (if they are minor characters) as the vegetables. C. S. Lewis
character play plot
But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.
creating machines world
A world of automata – of creatures that worked like machines – would hardly be worth creating.
creating levels consciousness
In the midst of creating, a person is raised to another level of consciousness. Charlie Haden
creating definitely execute game inside moving needs prepared situations staying whatever
There is definitely a lot more to it than show up and swing. I'm working on staying inside the ball, working on different hit-and-runs, moving runners, creating situations in your head. So when the game comes up, you're prepared to execute whatever needs to be executed. David Eckstein
creating currently flip great interest means multiple names side
There is currently substantial interest for multiple tenants, but the announcement is premature. The names you are going to like, but the flip side to creating something this great means it will take longer.
creating want stuff
I still see myself as a bit of a cottage industry. Being in a room creating stuff and seeing if anyone wants it, as opposed to going to work for someone. Ricky Gervais
creating time whether
Whether you live in the city or in the country, creating time for a leisurely ramble is an easy thing to do. Tom Hodgkinson
creating people special
When you succeed at creating your own world, whether it's in any realm - like Tolkien was able to do - and people are able to enter that world, it's a special thing. David Selby
creating imagination digital
Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations. Buffy Sainte-Marie
creating enjoy love
I enjoy the research and love actually creating the words. There's not too much I find a drudge when it comes to writing. Tracie Peterson
trick
Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running. Gary Sinise
tricky viewers
It's tricky to do a serialized show and not lose viewers along the way because you really have to watch every episode. Nestor Carbonell
tricks
There are no tricks with us. What you see is what you get.
tricky trying
It's been a bit tricky trying to establish a 'designer' profile and not a designer-cum-girl-around-town.
tricky
He managed his way through a lot of tricky holes.
tricked
He was a follower. He got tricked easily. Richard Garnett
tricks accuracy accurate
Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%. Douglas MacArthur
tricksters tricks ifs
If there was a trick, there must be a trickster. Dorothy Richardson
trick
You can't trick The Universe - it's like Santa Claus that way. Tracy McMillan
values
We value some lives more than others. Charlize Theron
values
Nobody values your time but YOU. Brian Tracy
values
When you treat your body like a Bentley, you value yourself and you start to look at your body differently. Demi Lovato
values
We need to know as much as we can and as much as he will tell us about his values and beliefs, Dick Durbin
values
have the same values and the same interests.
values
We thought we could get it out before May 1, but because the values for some of the neighborhoods were out of whack, we had to go back and fine-tune those.
values wikileaks
The values of WikiLeaks have been completely overshadowed by Julian Assange.
values
Perhaps the values of socialists can only be realized by socialists in a nonsocialist society. Christopher Hitchens
values
We cannot live without valuing: but we can live without valuing what you value. Friedrich Nietzsche