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stories hell cynicism
I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them. Carl Barks
stories london rooms
But he always licked to get visitors alone in the billiard room and tell them stories about a mysterious lady, a foreign royalty, with whom he had driven about London. 'A devilish temper she had,' he would say. 'But she was a dem fine woman, sir, a dem fine woman. C. S. Lewis
stories wonderful marley
Marley was dead, to begin with ... This must be distintly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate. Charles Dickens
stories writers
One of my favorite writers is Hans Christian Anderson. His stories speak to the times. Sandra Cisneros
stories facts hollywood
Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception. Brent Spiner
stories levels hollywood
Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story. Bret Easton Ellis
stories might like-family
Everybody has a story. It's like families. You might not know who they are, might have lost them, but they exist all the same. You might drift apart or you might turn your back on them, but you can't say you haven't got them. Same goes for stories. Diane Setterfield
stories birth continuation
A birth is not really a beginning. Our lives at the start are not really our own but only the continuation of someone else's story.
stories cases disguise
A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.
literature privilege reason
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal. Carlos Fuentes
literature civility
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
literature potatoes poultry
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.
literature made should
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.
literature stealing plagiarism
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
literature prudence
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
literature fool religious-bigotry
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
literature speech giants
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.
literature action conflict
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
moral supreme-court
The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court. David Brooks
morals position purity standard women
It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood. Charles Eastman
moral moral-ambiguity ambiguity
I've yet to meet a person in my life who doesn't have some moral ambiguity. Jason Beghe
moral obligation ifs
If you know something is morally reprehensible, then it is your moral obligation to stop it as soon as possible. Jane Velez-Mitchell
moral courageous obligation
I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation. Al Sharpton
moral sock behave
It was time to pull my moral socks up and behave myself. Charlaine Harris
moral socialism capitalism-and-socialism
Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution. Ben Shapiro
morality obsolete objections
I've no objection to morality, except that it's obsolete. Brian Aldiss
morality memories-dreams-reflections
Without freedom there can be no morality. Carl Jung