Evan Esar Quotes
The man who doctors himself with the aid of medical books, runs the risk of dying of a typographical error.
Evan Esar
Quotes to Explore
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I think a lot of writers are tempted to add complexity by over-complicating things, but always remember that most natural rules/laws are, at their core, simple. Start simple, and build from there, or you risk getting yourself and your readers tangled.
V. E. Schwab
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
Carl Hiaasen
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May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel
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My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books.
Sadie Jones
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In 'Power Play', Finder uses the thriller structure to make pointed observations about gender in the workplace, the corporate caste system, and the true nature of risk in the global business environment.
M. J. Rose
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Money, while clearly helpful in solving myriad problems, can often conceal a business's real flaws. It can also risk rigidifying a company's business model at the very moment it should be in 'customer discovery' mode or iterating around market opportunities.
Maelle Gavet
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If somebody is disrespecting somebody, we should step in - even at the risk of getting slugged over the head.
Letitia Baldrige
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Another circumstance of note was the fact that they never spoke about the past: that particular novel, they both seemed to agree, was over and done with, doubtless because it seemed so improbable and false, rather like the books we were mad about in our youth and which, in our maturity, seem somewhat paltry.
Benito Perez Galdos
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Greatest risk is not development of new product, but development of customers and markets.
Steve Blank
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'The Duino Elegies' are notoriously cryptic, and part of the reason why I have always loved them is because they invite multiple readings over the course of a lifetime.
Dinaw Mengestu
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Mary had a little sheep,
With the sheep she went to sleep.
The sheep turned out to be a ram,
And Mary had a little lamb.
Steven Tyler
Aerosmith
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The man who doctors himself with the aid of medical books, runs the risk of dying of a typographical error.
Evan Esar
