Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
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We all need to have a creative outlet - a window, a space - so we don't lose track of ourselves.
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There is no 'one-size-fits-all' way to build an audience.
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Dissembling harlot, thou art false in all!
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Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.
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This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
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I always believed that whatever had to be written would somehow get itself written.
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There is a movement in club football, which I don't necessarily consider a prime example of solidarity, because it leads us to conclude the rich are getting richer and they are using everything in the market to create an exodus from Africa.
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Communication is the transfer of emotion.
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Repressive states are developing weapons that could cause destruction on a massive scale.
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Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.
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Better risk loss of truth than chance of error--that is your faith-vetoer's exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.
