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		I hate the phrase “One thing led to another”. What kind of lazy writing is that? Isn't it your job as a writer to tell me how that made this happen? “Adolf Hitler was rejected as a young man in his application to an art school. One thing led to anotherand the United States ended up dropping two atomic bombs on the sovereign nation of Japan”.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brian Regan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. P. Lovecraft 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karl Popper 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wayne Grady 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wayne Newton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Big cities do evoke a sense of menace. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Otto Penzler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everybody likes the underdog, because everybody feels like the underdog. No matter how successful you are, you always think, 'No one's being nice enough to me!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Beckinsale 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		She was, in other words, the kind of girl who made the rest of us look bad, and whenever she glanced my way, I couldn't help but feel guilty, even though I hadn't done anything wrong. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nicholas Sparks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Canelo Alvarez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Chief Joseph 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to get comfortable with your work, you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Steve Martin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is a solidarity that black people can find in celebrating the athletic success of our own, especially in sports where our existence is sparse. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Clint Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I hate the phrase “One thing led to another”. What kind of lazy writing is that? Isn't it your job as a writer to tell me how that made this happen? “Adolf Hitler was rejected as a young man in his application to an art school. One thing led to anotherand the United States ended up dropping two atomic bombs on the sovereign nation of Japan”. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brian Regan