Jane Austen Quotes
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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'Doctor Who' is where my love of science fiction and fantasy started. I was introduced to it when I was 8, and I'm still an avid viewer.
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We live in a big world. We are citizens of the world, and we make movies for everybody around the world. I think it's very important to understand what people's life experiences, good and bad, are.
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I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.
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Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers, and they tell you things about themselves. During a school year, I'll get e-mails asking about the books. I'll give them information, but I won't do their homework for them.
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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
