Ken Follett Quotes
Well, for people who want to write best sellers, the best advice I can give is to say that the novel has to engage the reader emotionally.

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Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.
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You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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Anyone who loves football can also be involved in music; the two aren't mutually exclusive.
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Being a showrunner meant writing and producing a television show, period, but with 'Lost,' suddenly it became part of the job to promote and be the face of the brand. In a weird way, the story was as much the star as any of the actors, so people wanted to hear from us.
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Ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane. The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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They tried to make me go to RehabI said no, no, noYes, I've been black, but when I come backYou'll know, know, know!I ain’t got the time,And if my daddy thinks I'm fineJust try to make me go to rehabI won't go, go, go.
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We are now in a situation in which we will have to rely on market forces to maintain a free and open Internet. And nobody really knows whether that will work or not. One thing we do know is we didn't need to do this to ourselves. This was a solution in search of a problem.
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Well, for people who want to write best sellers, the best advice I can give is to say that the novel has to engage the reader emotionally.