For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed.
David Mitchell
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DISHA PATANI Rather than engage in a practice that people could view as being deceptive, we'd rather not.
LYNN MARMER We are puzzle pieces, bragging about being puzzle pieces, rather than being the picture.
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SCOTT COWEN Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.
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CHRIS CORNELL The mystery form was very helpful for me as a beginning writer because mystery novels and suspense n...
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SALMAN RUSHDIE To travel hopefully is better than to arrive
JAMES JEANS For me, being memorable is more important than winning.
RICKI LAKE It is better to travel well than to arrive.
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CHAD TAYLOR David, when it happens... when it happens, David, will you save me?
KATHERINE APPLEGATE Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.
ROBERT ANTHONY Most people would rather be certain they're miserable than risk being happy.
ROBERT ANTHONY Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.
DR. ROBERT ANTHONY rather than being driven solely by commercial interests outside of public purview.
DANIEL PERRY Being brave was easy when you would rather die than give up.
LEV GROSSMAN Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into.
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RADHA MITCHELL So wearing a corset certainly changes your state of mind.
RADHA MITCHELL In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
WARREN MITCHELL I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Cathol...
WARREN MITCHELL I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to...
WARREN MITCHELL I want to stop piling people into prisons and stop branding people with a felony for a personal weak...
VICTOR MITCHELL There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. ...
VICTOR MITCHELL I would consider myself conservative but sensible and pragmatic.
VICTOR MITCHELL My son's a West Point cadet.
VICTOR MITCHELL We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
VICTOR MITCHELL