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It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it.
He that is gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion, will not feel himself quite secure, until he has also drawn his teeth.
An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude
With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth.
Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk and truth the root.
That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.
Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.
You may forsake a person, a family, some location of the heart, but scars and memories cannot be discarded like used clothing.
Big data is at the foundation of all of the megatrends that are happening today, from social to mobile to the cloud to gaming.
Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms.
Catch-and-release fishing is an ecological necessity, not my preference. The practice smacks of bad faith, an inauthentic act.
Ela acreditava em anjo e, porque acreditava, eles existiam" | "She believed in angels, and, because she believed, they existed
Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.
Ultimately, you can only ever write what you know. It's logically and philosophically impossible to write what you don't know.
I am partial to ladies if they are nice. I suppose it is my nature. I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it.
Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".
If you have some idea you believe in, don't listen to the croaking chorus. Listen only to what your own inner voice tells you.
When you are in the 8 o'clock position, you can either be a cultural phenomenon, or you're endangered. It's a tough time slot.
It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does.
In that moment she learnt one of the greatest secrets of life: It is often easier to fight for others than it is for yourself.
But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet every day.
Whether or not your values are operational is crucially determined by whether or not there are consequences for noncompliance.
If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it.
Although I love snow, it messes things up terribly around Seattle, with all of our hills. I worry about my loved ones driving.
If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.
Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.
With writing, I prefer the solo effort, but when a team is working right, as it did on 'The Grifters,' boy, it's exhilarating.
I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.
art itself shuns commonality: while the scientist may seek the phenomenon that repeats itself, the artist seeks the exception.
she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant
A passage is not plain English - still less is it good English - if we are obliged to read it twice to find out what it means.
2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change.
Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.
With novels, you're sitting at a desk, alone, going slightly crazy, for anywhere from six months to a year with zero feedback.
A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias...it is the Self escaping into the open.
Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is.
We can't know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.
Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
No, I am not my mother. I am deeply, endlessly grateful for what she did and who she was, but I am a different kind of person.
When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.
In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.
All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!
Venus, thy eternal sway All the race of men obey. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis. He is not a lover who does not love for ever.
Soon all of you immortals Will be as dead as we are! Come on then, what are you waiting for? Have you run out of thunderbolts?
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
A simple rule, to be followed whether one is in the light or not, gives backbone to one's spiritual life, as nothing else can.
Truly smart technologies will remind us that we are not mere automatons who assist big data in asking and answering questions.