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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.
life stories life-is
The recounting of a life is a cheat...even our own stories are obscenely distorted... Carol Shields
life beautiful struggle
Writing is a struggle against silence. Carlos Fuentes
life strong truthful
What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life. Carlos Castaneda
life people important
I'm never angry at anybody! No human being can do anything important enough for that. You get angry at people when you feel that their acts are important. I don't feel that way any longer.
life years bridges
Burn your bridges every 2 years.
life order dies
One ,must have something to die for in order to have something to live for
life responsibility desert
For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I want to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.
life player games
Bridge-players tell me that there must be some money on the game 'or else people won't take it seriously'. Apparently it's like that. Your bid - for God or no God, for a good God or the Cosmic Sadist, for eternal life or nonentity - will not be serious if nothing much is staked on it. And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high, until you find that you are playing not for counters or for sixpences but for every penny you have in the world. C. S. Lewis
life faith creativity
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark. Agnes de Mille
momentum seen
We have seen a lot of momentum buying, Richard Herring
moments right-moment
Who has words at the right moment? Charlotte Bronte
moments hours ugliness
Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness. Brent Weeks
momentum narrative mosaics
Momentum, in literary mosaic, derives not from narrative but from the subtle, progressive buildup of thematic resonances. David Shields
moments
Every moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now? Byron Katie
moments enough good-enough
I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough. Bryan Ferry
moment private reward rich strange
To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.
moments form mansfield-park
There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time. Jane Austen
moments pleasure
Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.
truly-living without-love
Without love we are not truly living. Dianna Agron
truly vein
When we are truly aware of our spiritual glory, a varicose vein or two is not that big a deal. Marianne Williamson
truly-happy persons has-beens
Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others. Albert Schweitzer
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We are now well and truly in the post-Maui era.
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Those who complained truly feel that they are discriminated against, they truly feel that way.
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I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result. Carrie Fisher
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In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman.
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I can remember watching 'Lord of the Rings' and being truly regretful that I wasn't a being in that world. Chris Hemsworth
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I think it is an extraordinary honor, and it is truly a capstone of my career. I am overwhelmed. August Wilson