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		When you are developing your style, you avoid weaknesses. I am not good at describing things, so I stay away from it. And if anyone is going to describe anything at all, it's going to be from the point of view of the character, because then I can use his voice, and his attitude will be revealed in the way he describes what he sees.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elmore Leonard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. K. Simmons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Goldwater 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Demick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Parker Posey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nargis Fakhri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naomi Klein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. B. Weiss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Ashmore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Amadeus Hartmann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tavi Gevinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In memoir, you have to be particularly careful not to alienate the reader by making the material seem too lived-in. It mustn't have too much of the smell of yourself, otherwise the reader will be unable to make it her own. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Cusk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Garth Brooks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm a real romantic. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vanity 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All teaching and all intellectual learning come about from already existing knowledge. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aristotle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I write for women because it's the only way I can use what I've experienced. It's good that people like what I write, but I don't want to go down the feminist path. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jennifer Saunders 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late,They touch the shining hills of day;The evil cannot brook delay,The good can well afford to wait. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Greenleaf Whittier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Social media has allowed groups, such as ISIL, to use the Internet to spot and assess potential recruits. With the widespread horizontal distribution of social media, terrorists can identify vulnerable individuals of all ages in the United States - spot, assess, recruit, and radicalize - either to travel or to conduct a homeland attack. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Comey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you are developing your style, you avoid weaknesses. I am not good at describing things, so I stay away from it. And if anyone is going to describe anything at all, it's going to be from the point of view of the character, because then I can use his voice, and his attitude will be revealed in the way he describes what he sees. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elmore Leonard