E. L. Konigsburg
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no proof for the
supernatural, but they
also have no proof
against it. If we ... LEWIS N. ROE CHLOE THURLOW When looking for evidence that something exists, it's silly
to start by assuming that it is impossib... LEWIS N. ROE Using the scientific knowledge that we
currently possess, we can take simple logical steps, backed b... LEWIS N. ROE How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS MARIO J. MOLINA There are families who have lots of kids who go to Harvard, ... I don't know too many who have five ... HARRY LEWIS UNKNOWN I would go to parties and say I was an editor, and people, especially women – and that was importa... PETER FERRY One of the things he'd tell us is that if you've got something in your head, nobody can take it away... DICK BLAKE I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon busi... DON AMECHE When the time came for me to go to college, there was only one scholarship that my high school offer... CHANDRA WILSON E. L. KONIGSBURG I went to college parties when I was at an appropriate age to go to college parties. DANIELLE FISHEL GEORGE LUCAS I'm from a small town in North Carolina and went to a small college and didn't think that so... FORTUNE FEIMSTER My parents being Bengali, we always had music in our house. My nani was a trained classical singer, ... SHREYA GHOSHAL PAUL THEROUX He is a wrestler who likes to stay real far away. So I made sure that I was an arm distance away fro... JARED JAMINSKI JOHN HAWKES I felt I ought not to be wasting time, and I hurried to graduate from high school to enroll at UCSD.... BRUCE BEUTLER Growing up the way I grew up, food was scarce. So when you had an opportunity to eat, you ate. When ... DONALD DRIVER I went to Harvard College and determined right away when I was a junior that I was unemployable, sin... HAMILTON E. JAMES When I graduated from high school, I made the decision to pursue my dance training in London, Englan... CATHERINE MARY STEWART FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA Whether you say that a god does exist, or that none do, it is a claim
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KONIGSBURG The girl clones at Singer Grove were just like the ones in Texas; they knocked themselves out to be ... E.L. KONIGSBURG Had she been born 500 years sooner, Raphael would have chosen her as a model for his cherubs. Tendri... E.L. KONIGSBURG Because we are human we have a long childhood, and one of the jobs of that childhood is to sculpt ou... E.L. KONIGSBURG The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we fe... E.L. KONIGSBURG E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn&#... E. L. JAMES I'm a bit of a control freak. E. L. JAMES Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch televi... E. L. JAMES I see myself as a story teller. E. L. JAMES I hate having my photograph taken. E. L. JAMES Everyone's clamoring for the fourth book in the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, which makes me l... E. L. JAMES I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies. E. L. JAMES I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in ... E. L. JAMES If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again an... E. L. JAMES I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling. E. L. JAMES I think women love to read love stories. E. L. JAMES I'm looking forward to getting back to my house and my Ugg boots and not washing sometimes, and ... E. L. JAMES I'm not a great writer. E. L. JAMES I came up with a story and I wrote it. E. L. JAMES Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doi... E. L. JAMES All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches... E. L. JAMES Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day. E. L. JAMES God forbid that women have fantasies. E. L. JAMES I really like clever men who challenge you. E. L. JAMES Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partner... E. L. JAMES I value my anonymity. I'm happy to come in on the tube or the train and watch other people readi... E. L. JAMES I think women love a passionate love story. E. L. JAMES E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW L. E. BLAZE E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW If Dr. [John A. T.] Robinson is right in saying that "God is teaching us that we must live as men wh... E. L. MASCALL Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928 I do not w... E. L. MASCALL Enough has... been said to show that the impoverished secularized versions of Christianity which are... E. L. MASCALL Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary Even the most traditional theologian wil... E. L. MASCALL Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics: In the rare cases where faith appea... E. L. MASCALL Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics: The critical scholar is not committe... E. L. MASCALL Beginning a short series on topics of Christian apologetics: If we are prepared to admit, even as ... E. L. MASCALL Feast of Mark the Evangelist There are, of course, interesting questions that can be asked about t... E. L. MASCALL E. L. DOCTOROW Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. E. L. SIMPSON As the majestic pearl is formed inside a clam through much irritation, so are you being formed throu... E. L. MCDOWELL Making decisions in anger is like spitting in the wind; it comes back and hits you in the face. E. L. MCDOWELL Struggles are really opportunities for your next level. E. L. MCDOWELL Boredom is the result of lacking focus. E. L. MCDOWELL Prosperity is a mindset. E. L. MCDOWELL The greatest challenge man will face is himself. E. L. MCDOWELL State of mind determines destination. E. L. MCDOWELL Take nothing or no one for granted, for what is predictable today will one day become unpredictable ... E. L. MCDOWELL Build a man's ego and you'll win his favor; crush a man's ego and you'll receive much grief from him... E. L. MCDOWELL Time is an advocate for truth. E. L. MCDOWELL E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW Antagonists come with all life progression. E. L. MCDOWELL Closed doors present other opportunities! E. L. MCDOWELL Existence is the greatest opportunity one can have; so why settle for a mediocre state of being? E. L. MCDOWELL E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW You were my marital bliss,” he said to me this morning. “You can be again!” You know what I an... E. L. NEVE The movie that changed my life,' he liked to say, by which he meant that it had changed his wardrobe... E. L. NEVE E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW E. L. DOCTOROW 'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write. L. E. MODESITT, JR. According to my royalty statements, 'The Green Progression' sold 392 copies in hardcover. L. E. MODESITT, JR. I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique... L. E. MODESITT, JR. If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983. L. E. MODESITT, JR. I'm not sure there are too many people who write what I write. L. E. MODESITT, JR. Science fiction writers have usually been very poor prognosticators of the future, either in literar... L. E. MODESITT, JR. My experiences in the military, the private sector, and as a congressional staffer were at times alm... L. E. MODESITT, JR. When I was in my late twenties, a friend suggested that, since I was an avid SF reader and had been ... L. E. MODESITT, JR. I started writing poetry in high school because I wanted desperately to write, but somehow, writing ... L. E. MODESITT, JR. I actually started out as a poet in high school. I published in small literary magazines for probabl... L. E. MODESITT, JR. I only did about one novel a year while I was working full time, but since 1993, I've averaged t... L. E. MODESITT, JR. E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. When
the judgement day comes, God w... E E CUMMINGS Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question. E E CUMMINGS It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. E E CUMMINGS E. E. EDDISON E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't whi... E E CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS E. E. CUMMINGS Palm Sunday In the person of Christ, the formidable law of God, which by itself appalls us by its... E. E. JENKINS To destroy is always the first step in any creation. E E CUMMINGS
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Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professiona... 
I didn't have a lot to do. Dad felt I was too young to go to college; I didn't have a job, and the n... 
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Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. 
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A heavy snowstorm closed the schools in one town. When the children returned to school a few days l... 
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