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I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are for.
I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of illusions.
It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.
Government spending reduces the capital that could be invested to serve consumers and to produce new employment opportunities.
When a cow lives with the butcher, sooner or later he gets eaten unless he helps the other cows off to their slaughter. (Nick)
Yeah, it’s me, but I like to think I looked better when we met. ‘Cause right now, I’m pretty much hogging all the ugly. (Nick)
I won’t die like this again. (Zarek) Backbone. How I love it. But not as much as I love sucking the marrow from it. (Thanatos)
She didn’t judge him or hate him for things that weren’t his fault. She accepted him and that was the greatest miracle of all.
You're paved in my heart like an old road. Like the pebbles in a pebble field, dirt in dirt, dust in dust, cobwebs in cobwebs.
God cannot take sides; for He is in all of us. We are all a part of Him, and when we try to destroy Him, we destroy ourselves.
A dining room table with children's eager hungry faces around it, ceases to be a mere dining room table, and becomes an altar.
Man is a talking animal and he will always let himself be swayed by the power of the word. Machines won't change human nature.
there is a poetry in making preserves; the housewife has caught duration in the snare of sugar, she has enclosed life in jars.
Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
Few books are more thrilling than certain confessions, but they must be honest, and the author must have something to confess.
I have to admit that he was not bad at combinatorial analysis - a branch, however, that even then I considered to be dried up.
...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting.
Sometimes I think you like me better as a wolf." "Sometimes I do. It probably has something to do with the way you CAN'T TALK.
It's not a good feeling--knowing that you profoundly deserve the title of monster. It's better to be kind than to feel guilty.
The point is to explore whatever may be helpful for thinking, understanding, and acting responsibly over long periods of time.
My father is an action director and he often worked with Veeru Devgnji. That's how I would end up at Ajay Devgn's film trials.
Of the infinite variety of fruits which spring from the bosom of the earth, the trees of the wood are the greatest in dignity.
Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing their minds.
To patronize the faculty of taste is to patronize oneself. For taste governs every free - as opposed to rote - human response.
My urge to write is an urge not to self-expressionism but to self-transcendence. My work is both bigger and smaller than I am.
The decline of education in North America and I suppose in Western Europe makes it harder to have a common body of references.
Haymich finally drops the good-natured act. "you know who else, Katniss. You know who stepped up first." Of course I do. Gale.
Don't want that, do they?” She throws back her head and shouts, “Whole country in rebellion? Wouldn't want anything like that!
Katniss?" Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. "How about that kiss?
Life is no different than the weather. Not only is it unpredictable, but it shows us a new perspective of the world every day.
Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through.
African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.
If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.
If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.
I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it." She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.
Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.
Saying that Islam is in heart, is similar to giving back the exam's paper completely white and saying : knowledge is in brain.
No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
Punitive murder by the police and by vigilantes has existed in all societies at some point, and probably still exists in most.
Cara burst into a hearty laugh. She clapped Richard on the back as he walked passed. "I like her, Lord Rahl. You may keep her.
For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air.
Prayer is an expression of who we are...We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment.
When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well.
Spread abroad the name of Jesus in humility and with a meek heart; show him your feebleness, and he will become your strength.
Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue. Find out all the facts and stamp out the fire. Demystify.
I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories.
Because nearly all digital libraries are tied to bricks-and-mortar institutions, the funding base tends to be quite localized.
All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
I am not anti-rational, just unrational. You may infer a rational meaning in what I say or do, but it is your doing, not mine.
It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me.