Plato Quotes
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Your opening should give the reader a person to focus on. In a short story, this person should turn up almost immediately; he should be integral to the story's main action; he should be an individual, not just a type. In a novel, the main character may take longer to appear: Anna Karenina doesn't show up in her own novel until chapter eighteen.
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Hacking involves a different way of looking at problems that no one's thought of.
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If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll. If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.
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Even when Facebook came out, and I was in college, I found myself never putting anything on it.
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Marriage has made me safer.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
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I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe that the more government grows, the less freedom Americans have.
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When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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Personal shoppers in big department stores are seriously under-used.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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I just feel like people need role models, you know, that are dressed.
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Nine times out of 10, I'm playing Friday.
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We're definitely a better team, everybody can see that by the way we're playing.
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I was fooling everyone by surrounding myself with funny people. But then I put myself out there - writing my own sketches, going on stage with nobody surrounding me - and for some reason people were still laughing.
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You get to know someone better by playing for an hour than by talking for a year.
