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AMBER SMITH Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS The sad heart needs work to do.
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DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth.
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I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took ...
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ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.
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When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everythin...
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Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;
In my own way, and with my full consent.
Say...
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Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
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To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.
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I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.
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As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the...
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You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on...
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You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind...
KARIN SLAUGHTER I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8. Th...
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The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but ...
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if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
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To be, or not to be, that is the question.
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Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
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I wanted to present Neuroscience to people in a way that would diminish their differences.
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MICK FOLEY You must remember that you are my prime treasure (and always have been).'
Emma Darwin to husban...
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DERRICK WILLIAMS![]()
I'm not lost, because I haven't any idea where to go that I might get lost on the way to. I'd lik...
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I just wanted to write books I wanted to write, ... There's no writer who has not had enough ego to ...
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ALAN DEAN FOSTER
AMBER SMITH Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS The sad heart needs work to do.
JOAN BAUER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world...
GARY F EVANS... More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma
DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth.
JAMES MARSHALL
Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN
In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju...
JOAN BAUER
There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ... THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l...
JUSTINA CHEN
I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took ... SANDRA CISNEROS The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.
CAMERON DOKEY
When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everythin... FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alt...
IAN WATSON We are born different to make a difference.
LISA R. REYNOLDS
Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. T... THOMAS S. MONSON
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the p... EPICTETUS We must be more and more to each other, my dear wife.' -Charles Darwin to wife Emma upon loss of dau...
DEBORAH HEILIGMAN I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can a...
DEBORAH HEILIGMAN
All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It...
COLSON WHITEHEAD
Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;In my own way, and with my full consent.
Say...
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT)
I have always wanted to write in such a way that will make people think, "Why, I've always thought t... PAMELA HANSFORD JOHNSON
I wanted to become a director before I wanted to become a writer. When I was 10, people would ask me... ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT A Ritual to Read to Each Other
If you don’t know the kind of person I am
and...
WILLIAM STAFFORD
I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible. ELLEN BASS
When I got older I decided I wanted to be a real writer. I tried to write about real things. I wante... NICOLE KRAUSS How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS
If i wanted to become a monk, I would have ultimately become the Bishop.If i wanted to become a sold... PABLO PICASSO I wanted to develop a way that they could visualize and see how a message could be conveyed using fo...
MEL MCDONALD A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE I wanted to write about racism and xenophobia in 21st Century England and Ireland, but I wanted to d...
DARREN SHAN
Growing up in the hot Last Vegas desert, all I wanted was to be free. I would daydream about traveli... AMY PURDY
Each of us is under a divinely spoken obligation to reach out with pardon and mercy and to forgive o... DIETER F. UCHTDORF
A proverb in the Old Testament states: 'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he t... GORDON B. HINCKLEY
Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are... THOMAS S. MONSON
The Lord gives us a spirit of hope and a feeling of comfort and confidence that we can overcome the ... L. LIONEL KENDRICK The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time...
DOUGLAS WOOD What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not...
ELEANOR H. PORTER
Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then ... JOSEPH SMITH JR. Many people have asked me, 'How do you make a single life a happy one? My answer is, 'Create the bes...
KRISTEN MCMAIN OAKS As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we have a responsibility to make our m...
KRISTEN MCMAIN OAKS That was not the way I wanted it to end. I wanted to go a lot farther -- I can't say that I was sati...
VANESSA DAVISON It was just something where I wanted to help make a bad situation better. I thought this would be a ...
CHADD LITTLE
Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:I am not commanding you, but I ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY
I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS
As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS
You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE
You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found st...
B. J. NOVAK
I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind... KARIN SLAUGHTER I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8. Th...
ELLEN POTTER
The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but ... HARUKI MURAKAMI
With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them. KATY PERRY When I fell into modeling, because I wanted to work in fashion. I wanted to do styling or make-up. I...
ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY I'm excited to share these Lone Surfer stories because I've always wanted to be a writer since I was...
DAVY ROTHBART Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev...
A WALK TO REMEMBER As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleep...
VICTORIA HANLEY
Opportunities pop up for everybody all of the time. It's the way that we progress. It's whether or n... BEN BROWN
I wanted to get out in the world, have a great job, make my mark, and see how far I could go. And I ... KAREN FINERMAN
if it doesn't come bursting out of youin spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it.
DAVID GRANN When I wrote my stories in elementary school, I signed them all 'Karen E. Bender' with the s...
KAREN BENDER I made a list of things I wanted to do with my life, but it ended up mostly being a list of books I ...
ELLIE ROSE MCKEE I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
VALENTINO GARAVANI We were looking for a prep school to do another year. My brother lived in Franklin, Mass., so he cou...
JAKE LOMONACO
To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I wanted to get out of school for the day, but if I wrote that, I knew that I wouldn't get picked. I...
EILEEN JOSEPH I am so glad to be part of this class - I have a great group of guys with me. I am happy to be able ...
SEDDRICK HOLLOWAY
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD I realised that I had always been writing things that other people wanted me to write and not what I...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON I wanted to write an adventure in the old-fashioned way, something to which I could apply the adject...
CHRIS WOODING
I wanted to present Neuroscience to people in a way that would diminish their differences. ABHIJIT NASKAR I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.
MARJANE SATRAPI I was so attentive to my great-grandmother because I wanted to learn everything. I could barely reac...
VANESSA RILEY I was trying to find a way so I wouldn't have to get a real job. I found out that I could find a way...
JIMMY DUNN This is a fight I have always wanted. I thought Felix Trinidad would be the defining fight of my lif...
RICARDO MAYORGA I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to d...
HUSSEIN CHALAYAN
I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school a... NATALIE BABBITT My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to.
MICK FOLEY You must remember that you are my prime treasure (and always have been).'
Emma Darwin to husban...
DEBORAH HEILIGMAN Justin and I were good friends in high school and we talked about it happening just this way. We wan...
DERRICK WILLIAMS
I'm not lost, because I haven't any idea where to go that I might get lost on the way to. I'd lik... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE
I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish and I wanted attention and I want... JAMES ELLROY
I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was ... SOPHIA BUSH
I just wanted to write books I wanted to write, ... There's no writer who has not had enough ego to ... ROBERT JORDAN
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and exp... ALAN DEAN FOSTER
Psychopaths know the technical difference between right and wrong - which is one of the reasons thei... 
Great people have great values and great ethics. 
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I had a briefcase at one point, but it was a kind of 1980s New Wave briefcase. It was made of some k... 
Great salespeople are relationship builders who provide value and help their customers win. 
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Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. The desire and ability to press on has and a... 
You know that you're a true friend when somebody says "But what about that wart on the end of his no... 
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and ... 
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It seems to me that the best relationships, the ones that last, are frequently the ones rooted in fr... 
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The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the co... 
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But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make ... 
And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a... 
Inspiration comes from all different places. 